The History of Unix, Rob Pike [video] (2018)

Post by nsavant » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 5:09 AM UTC

Post by nix23 » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 7:25 AM UTC

Post by nix23 » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 9:32 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #4

nix23 wrote: post #3

Sometimes i wonder how our os's would look like if the plan9/inferno idea could catch on.

Android is the closest to it, currently. Managed runtime on top of UNIX like kernel and OS IPC everywhere.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 3:00 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #6

nix23 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>OS IPC everywhere. Just inside the device ;)

Everywhere was intended on the context of OS stack.

Post by pjmlp » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 7:47 PM UTC

hulitu wrote: post #8

pjmlp wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Android is the closest to it, currently. Managed runtime on top of UNIX like kernel and OS IPC everywhere.

Lol. Accessing a file in android is a mess.