[openbeos] Re: Kernel status (POSIX)
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 15:33:38 -0500
>> ii) stating that Travis opposes to introduction of posix in his kernel
>> is a mis-representation: as I perceive it, it would be better
>> worded as "building the next posix clone is not his driving force".
>> Some stuff will be there, some other will not.
>>
>
>True. The only people who are really worried about posix are
>those who are porting apps from eunucs.
Close, but not completely true.
There are a number of cases where POSIX is your friend.
Like doing things with the kernel, where you can't use C++. :-)
>My personal opinion was to strap crappy old posix (spelled U*N*I*X)
>onto a rocket and launch it into the sun. People seemed to object
>though, so rather than have a realy bad port of posix, from something
>slow and spagetti like (linux), I thought it would be good to make
>an *unbroken* implementation, that uses the features of BeOS
>to maximize throughput.
And this is exactly why I am so glad that you are on this.
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