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Yeah. Until we wanted multitasking. Separate address spaces, shared resources, protection, eventually security. That's when the "operating system" came in. DOS
by anyfoo 3y ago
Yeah. Until we wanted multitasking. Separate address spaces, shared resources, protection, eventually security. That's when the "operating system" came in. DOS was allowed to live as a virtualized task, but it wasn't the same.
I did get tambourine_man's reference, though. Nice!
- linguae 3y agoThough, there’s a way we can enjoy a minimal operating system yet also have security, protection, and resource management: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exokernel https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exokernel