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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-07-23 23:03:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-07-23 23:03:55 +0200 |
| commit | 53dc2172010dcf373e25423a110547935d854478 (patch) | |
| tree | 6e7b50a46729f758fce4ea013abab2b59d1b16d2 | |
| parent | f84bf6d706d389d9823f2b1d3a9c660bcc1d6e8b (diff) | |
hurd/advantages: Different PLs for separate components.
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/advantages.mdwn | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/advantages.mdwn b/hurd/advantages.mdwn index a181a942..ba3a134b 100644 --- a/hurd/advantages.mdwn +++ b/hurd/advantages.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2008 Free Software Foundation, +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable @@ -58,3 +58,11 @@ but it does have a number of enticing features: The Hurd is real software that works Right Now. It is not a research project or a proposal. You don't have to wait at all before you can start using and developing it. + +--- + +One advantage of the Hurd's separation of kernel-like functionality into +separate components ([[servers|translator]]) is that these can be constructed +using different programming lanugages, a thing that is not easily possible in a +monolithic kernel. Essentially, only an interface from the programming +environment to the RPC mechanism is required. |