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Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by taeric on Monday August 07, 2023 @02:45PM (#37038811)
Fair. I'm not a fan of apples to oranges comparisons without leaning into more of it. Especially not when the obvious driver for difference between two things is that one is old and has a ton of the code you are currently behind on writing.

I do question if process isolation isn't fundamentally hard. Separate processes for separate things entirely is not fundamentally hard. That, I agree. But, so much of what we do is integrated together. Is why early attempts to make it so that some programs can't see my whole hard drive are bonkers annoying. I specifically want access to the picture I just saved in that editing program so that I can email it.

Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by edgyquant on Monday August 07, 2023 @06:37PM (#37041909)
>obvious driver for difference between two things is that one is old and has a ton of the code you are currently behind on writing.

In this case they’re both old though, as Hurd predates Linux by a year.

Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by taeric on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @12:09AM (#37044425)
Fair, if amusing. Hurd "predates" Linux in name only. And, if anything, this would serve as a strong piece of evidence that microkernels have a hard time getting traction.
Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by CRConrad on Monday August 21, 2023 @02:23PM (#37213395)
Which brings the debate back to the argument, doubtless made many many times over the years, that there is probably a reason that microkernels have a hard time getting traction.
Re:GNU/Hurd strikes back: How to use the legendary OS in a (... by rleigh on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:35AM (#37072665)
QNX managed it! Drivers run in separate address spaces as, does the kernel, making it very robust. It's used for safety-critical applications.