it's really simple Whoever gets to write the code chooses their license. So, if you think imposing those kinds of restrictions helps, by all means, go ahead and do it. I think trying to re...
Re: Don't tell me what the statement does. You don't quite pass. Yes, adding "/* increment i */" is surprising, but it is a requirement. If you were not to add that comment, your code w...
Re: prehistory system design There will NEVER be an ideal OS and ideal hardware it could run on under the moon... Who said anything about "ideal"? I'd settle for a kernel that w...
Re: prehistory system design MacOS X is based on Mach, with BSD code and lots of random hacks on top of it. That is, at least in principle, a slightly more modern and flexible design than Linux. W...
prehistory system design The Linux kernel design is prehistoric--people designed systems like that in the 1970's. That's both good and bad. The good part is that it's well understood, it's simple...