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the Hurd has an object-oriented structure that allows it to evolve without compromising its design. This structure will help the Hurd undergo major redesign and

the Hurd has an object-oriented structure that allows it to evolve without compromising its design. This structure will help the Hurd undergo major redesign and modifications without having to be entirely rewritten. Yeah, good luck with that. OO is great but I'm not sure major redesigns are any easier in OO compared to any other arch. Having a completely different OS arch in play does sound good though, perhaps opening up possibilities we havent realised yet. Perhaps someone should re-write that 'advantages' page to encompass the massive changes in Software thinking since it was first written in 2001.

noblethrasher 11y ago
> Yeah, good luck with that. OO is great but I'm not sure major redesigns are any easier in OO compared to any other arch. It depends on what they mean by OO. I can't find a source at the moment, but I've heard of Smalltalk applications that have been running the "same" incrementally modified image[1] since the 1970s or 1980s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk#Image-based_persistence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk#Image-based_persisten...