Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux is out of beta
by wvenable on Friday July 28, 2017 @09:12PM
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> This is possible because Dave Cutler and the rest of his VMS team built Windows NT to support multiple personalities.
Although it would seem logical, the WSL doesn't actually use this system. The whole pico process engine and how it interacts with Windows is all new and not related to that design. I'm not really sure the reasoning behind it; perhaps it didn't allow them to do the level of integration they wanted.
Although it would seem logical, the WSL doesn't actually use this system. The whole pico process engine and how it interacts with Windows is all new and not related to that design. I'm not really sure the reasoning behind it; perhaps it didn't allow them to do the level of integration they wanted.