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Re:Bootstrap yourself to write an OS from scratch by kbuzby on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:34PM (#16469603)
Seems analogous to the XV6 project: https://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2017/xv6.html
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Re:Bootstrap yourself to write an OS from scratch by WalterGR on Monday February 26, 2018 @07:31PM (#16470210)
For many years, MIT had no operating systems course. In the fall of 2002, one was created to teach operating systems engineering.

That's surprising, since just about every CS program offers/requires an OS course. Does anyone know what took MIT so long?

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