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Why do we need operating systems?

• gjvc 2y ago
  "Smalltalk is a structurally reflective system which structure is defined by Smalltalk-80 objects. The classes and methods that define the system are also objects and fully part of the system that they help define" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk
  • fabianholzer 2y ago
    From Dan Ingalls "Design Principles Behind Smalltalk" (https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/smalltalk.html https://www.cs.virginia.edu/~evans/cs655/readings/smalltalk....): "An operating system is a collection of things that don't fit into a language. There shouldn't be one."
    • gjvc 2y ago
      is the exact quote i was thinking of, thank you
• deleted 2y ago
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