Shane wrote:
So ... let's just drop an SRB (which apparently doesn't qualify as
"code" ???) in one of (the ???) most important address spaces in the
system.
Turn on a trace sometime and watch how many SRBs are scheduled into
MSTR. Based on your response above, you might want to have a seat first.
:-)
And let's use a justification that includes:
<quote>
Correctness
the design must be correct in all observable aspects. It is
slightly better to be simple than correct.
</quote>
I wasn't offering Gabriel's work or Wikipedia's summary of it as
justification of anything. (But, I hope you found it interesting
reading. Helps explain a lot about the rise of C, Windows, UNIX, et al.
in spite of alternative developments based on "better" technology.)
Rather, I was simply attempting to reiterate what most everyone already
knows to be true: The simplest solution tends to be the one that works
best and is least exposed to catastrophic failures in the long run.
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
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