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> Considering that Windows NT's IOCP is very close to direct copy of VMS QIO mechanism Microsoft hired the main architect of VMS, Dave Cutler, away from DEC to
by tiffanyh 4y ago
> Considering that Windows NT's IOCP is very close to direct copy of VMS QIO mechanism
Microsoft hired the main architect of VMS, Dave Cutler, away from DEC to design Windows NT - so this shouldn’t be a surprise.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32602132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32602132
- p_l 4y agoNot only that, Cutler went to MS essentially with a team and a project (that didn't get accepted at Digital) to redo VMS from scratch using same principles but with new experience and in cleaner way.