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Yes, of course, the MMU also does that. But I'm not sure what that has to do with Unix systems requiring an MMU _by definition_ as the post I was replying to cl
by jmmv 3y ago
Yes, of course, the MMU also does that. But I'm not sure what that has to do with Unix systems requiring an MMU _by definition_ as the post I was replying to claimed. Obviously running a Unix-like system without an MMU will lack certain functionality, but it could feel very much like "a real Unix".
- rollcat 3y agoI agree. My comment was meant to supplement and support yours.
- numpad0 3y agoTIL there was a version of UNIX for PDP-7, and PDP-7 did not have MMU, therefore UNIX by definition do not require MMU, and that version of UNIX had been archeologied in a runnable form on GitHub[1] 1: https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix https://github.com/DoctorWkt/pdp7-unix