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Being pedantic, isn't Minix more widespread because Intel embedded it in CPUs?
by ectopod 4y ago
Being pedantic, isn't Minix more widespread because Intel embedded it in CPUs?
- trasz2 4y agoAlso most Linux machines, like phones, also contain instances of things like SEL4, often a couple of them. And Linux... well, it managed to accumulate a lot of historical baggage for something that young. Device numbers are another example.
- TristanBall 4y agoNearly 30 years seems like plenty of time? Many projects manage to accumulate plenty of tech debt in 30 months, without being a deliberate work-alike reimplementation of an existing system.. which I suspect means you're already starting with a certain amount of baggage.