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minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down12·9 days ago They have access to and depend on kernel internals That sounds like a stupid idea to me. But what do I know? I live in the ivory tower of application development where APIs are well-defined and stable. Thanks for explaining.
minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 days agoYou’re re-opening the microkernel vs monlithic kernel debate with that. For fun you can read how Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds debated the question in 1992 here: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI
That sounds like a stupid idea to me. But what do I know? I live in the ivory tower of application development where APIs are well-defined and stable.
Thanks for explaining.
You’re re-opening the microkernel vs monlithic kernel debate with that. For fun you can read how Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds debated the question in 1992 here: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI