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1) How does a unikernel differ from a library OS? Is a unikernel a kind of library OS? 2) Is the specialization the important aspect? I see OSv referred to as a unikernel but it do…

The biggest value is that you don't have a link-time dependency, only compile-time. This means that you don't have to concern yourself with a lot of the versioning problems that pl…

Just to add to this point, the difference is that Rust can only guarantee this for the standard library. I can similarly write a library with safe interfaces that can be (ab)used t…

The list takes an OwningPointer to the object to be inserted. One of the requirements of this trait (which is unsafe to implement) is "the object cannot be moved while in the `Link…

I think that the requirement is that anyone who releases a program that was linked with my library must also release it in a form that allows it to be relinked without the library.…

I have one here: https://github.com/dschatzberg/intrusive It can be used in a freestanding (nostd) environment such as a kernel. It uses unsafe code but provides a safe interface. …

I think another problem is that an OS is not analagous to a website, it's more analagous to a web framework. And it's not like there are any framework building frameworks floating …

You can look at OSkit as one attempt to do this. I think the overwhelming reason its not common is that no one wants to build an OS. If they do it's for the educational experience …

FYI both a TCP SYN and SYN/ACK can carry a payload (which could be the GET and RESPONSE)

Because if I use M:N threading then logically one of my user threads blocked and a different one should run during my timeslice. The kernel however is unaware of how I use the kern…

A lot of the issues surrounding M:N threads are a result of poor operating system support. The central problem is that a syscall blocks a kernel thread even when there are more use…

Head's Up Hold'em has a nash equilibrium. Therefore there is at least one mixed strategy (I do X with probability P in Y situation) which cannot be negative expected value to any o…

Sign bit means one bit represents the sign of the integer which is the case with the most significant bit in 2s complement. If you flip the sign bit, the sign changes. It does not …

Yes you're right. I should have been more specific that all signed integers have a sign bit.

In 2s complement, the most significant bit is the sign bit. In fact all valid C integer representations have a sign bit.

Nice introduction. I think it is worth pointing out that much of what you discuss is implementation dependent, the c standard doesn't require an implementation to lay out data in m…