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Re:We need a lot more electricians if we’re going to electri... by JKCalhoun on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @02:12PM (#34343041)
Some OS's have a single task for the whole computer, rather than one per application.

The only real downside is that if your app accidentally dereferences NULL, rather than just your application crashing, the whole computer crashes.

... Sorry, somehow reminded me of the early days of the Macintosh's OS before it was "true multitasking" (as the Amiga kids would love to tell us).

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