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Re:Efficient IO in Linux with io_uring [pdf] by tripwanger on Sunday October 16, 2022 @07:41AM (#33222857)
I think that highlights one of the issues with Linux being essentially just another clone of Unix, and thus being constrained by its limitations - both technically and in mindset of its developers.

Whereas NT was a fresh new design, by seasoned operating systems designers and implementers, who had seen the shortcomings of the Unix model (and others) and not only knew what to do differently to improve on these, but actually wanted to and were permitted to as well.

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Re:Efficient IO in Linux with io_uring [pdf] by speed_spread on Sunday October 16, 2022 @09:59AM (#33223661)
Windows NT was not a fresh new design but a direct evolution of VMS, which had it's own history independent of Unix. That it steered clear of Unix's shortcomings is a result of a design process that's much less napkin-based and more "engineered" for better and worse.
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