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For instance, the basic runtime management modules that the Erlang VM starts as its first application is also called the kernel: http://erlang.org/doc/man/kerne
by vezzy-fnord 11y ago
For instance, the basic runtime management modules that the Erlang VM starts as its first application is also called the kernel: http://erlang.org/doc/man/kernel_app.html http://erlang.org/doc/man/kernel_app.html
(Erlang can be described as a special-purpose OS in many ways, so it makes sense.)
- nickpsecurity 11y agoYes. They say the same about browsers, too, which is why secure browsers have a "kernel" that mediates everything. Additionally, in High-Performance Computing, the highly-optimized routines that do much of the work are often called kernels. It's a very overloaded term.