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This is why Linux and Unix are so awesome. It’s really all just files.

• sgt 2y ago
  Not really, but yes there's a lot of files or things that seem to be files. Try plan9 though.
  • immibis 2y ago
    If you want to blow your mind in what's possible in operating-system isolation read about KeyKOS from 1985: https://css.csail.mit.edu/6.858/2014/readings/keykos.pdf https://css.csail.mit.edu/6.858/2014/readings/keykos.pdf Such systems are rarely very pragmatic, but do show off a bunch of weird concepts.
    • vacuity 2y ago
      Definitely weird, or perhaps I'm just not imaginative enough. I have a hard time figuring out what some KeyKOS constructs mean in familiar terms, particularly whether a given feature is an instance of essential or accidental complexity. I'm more familiar with today's seL4, which has carried on many of the principles of KeyKOS. Learning about the state of the art today is one thing, but learning history is quite another. I rely on simplicity in kernel design to avoid hindering more creative ideas that others have had.
• amelius 2y ago
  "files" is clearly a misnomer, it should have been "objects".