When I read that phrase about Mac OS/X being multithreaded whereas OS/2 had this capability long beforehand, I interpreted the statement in a derogatory way (perhaps erroneously?). While the statement is accurate that OS/2 was able to do multithreading long before Mac OS/X, the reasons for this have a lot to do with the intended purposes of the operating systems. OS/2 was designed to be multi-user, whereas the old Macs were only intended for a single user. This impacted design descisions for the OS's.
I found after reading the Art of Unix Programming that I had a better understanding of the reasons behind the choices made for the various OS's, as well as a greater insight on good coding methods.
But, I think this conversation isn't well suited to CF-TALK.
Shawn
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 3:57 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: VMWare was Re: Best choice for ColdFusion Studio IDE...
> Do a google search for "The Art of Unix Programming", read
> through the first half of the book, then reflect on your
> statements... While they are not wrong, the intent behind
> them seems misplaced (my personal take on this, though I
> haven't been following the thread).
Can you be more specific than that?
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
phone: 202-797-5496
fax: 202-797-5444
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