9 Jul
2018
9 Jul
'18
2:31 a.m.
On Jul 4, 2018, at 10:56 PM, Warren Toomey <wkt(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
OK, I guess I'll be the one to start things going on the COFF
list.
What other features, ideas etc. were available in other operating
systems which Unix should have picked up but didn't?
A fascinating topic!
On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 23:40:36 -0700 Bakul Shah <bakul(a)bitblocks.com>
wrote:
- Capabilities (a number of OSes implemented them --
See Hank
Levy's book: https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~levy/capabook/
A fascinating resurrection of capabilities in a kind of pleasant
Unixy-way can be found in Robert Watson's "Capsicum" add-ons for
FreeBSD and Linux. I wish it was more widely known about and adopted.
- Namespaces (plan9)
A good choice I think.
Perry
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