Re: Shocking News from Apple.

George (jirka@5z.com)
Mon, 3 Nov 1997 03:52:32 -0500 (EST)

> > MACH SUCKS!!! ... hurd is mach based and it sucks ... try to comparte
> > MkLinux to PPCLinux and see what the benchmarks will be ... microkernel
> > architecture is nice and elagant but impractical ... also these are my
> > opinions only and may not represent thr truth so don't reply to this!
>
> I couldnt help myself here, but L4 a micro kernel has been used as
> a base for L4 linux which not only out benchmarks better then mklinux but
> also normal linux (not by any major degree mind you) The kernel only runs
> in single user mode and is still very experimental, but is fairly stable
> showing that microkernls are not impractical :)

I was more talking about mach ... although I still beleive that a good
monolithic kernel will be faster then a good microkernel ... although
maybe not as elegant/portable ... but I will look at L4 ...

and last time I looked at mach it seemed not to fit the name microkernel:)

George

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