IBM VM/370 and much that followed is exactly this “VM is a hardware abstraction” line of reasoning. Logging into a user session was to “IPL a machine.” (Initial Program Load, imagine an IBM PC bios screen rushing by)
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:06 PM Brian Candler <b.cand...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Monday, 13 April 2020 19:42:17 UTC+1, Elias Naur wrote: >> >> The project is an experiment in a larger exploration of the question: >> "what if the operating >> system process abstraction were a virtual machine? >> > > Interesting. > > BTW, have you seen gVisor <https://gvisor.dev/docs/>? It takes a > different approach to the problem: emulating the syscall interface on top > of a running kernel, rather than on top of (real or emulated) bare metal. > I was reminded of it since it also "pretends to be a Linux kernel" - and is > written in Go. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4b4e4279-19d6-4afc-b743-c1cfa3e9c6a0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/4b4e4279-19d6-4afc-b743-c1cfa3e9c6a0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- *Michael T. jonesmichael.jo...@gmail.com <michael.jo...@gmail.com>* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CALoEmQxDc7RPtHn2BzaGjhZXeh_UAZHRv1iQ5_TvnbGMfQU_3A%40mail.gmail.com.
