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• Use of Open Source Software Should Be Restricted

  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...

• /* You Are Expected to Understand This */

  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...

• The Plumber's View of the Kernel

  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...

• The Plumber's View of the Kernel

  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...

• The Plumber's View of the Kernel

  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...