At Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:36:47 -0500, "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 18:33 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > So let's separate the issues. There are two issues: > > > > 1) Should a linking (interpreter selection etc) algorithm be provided > > along with the program files or should it exist in the ambient > > space of the operating system? > > > > 2) Should the algorithm be run in its own address space or not? > > (1) is infeasible in a system where the instantiating party does not > have access to the capabilities that the program will require. One > purpose of the constructor mechanism is to allow (e.g.) an instantiated > password agent to have access to the password database when I do not.
As I was discussing my system structure proposal (or in other words, the Hurd, not Coyotos), this objection doesn't apply. Thanks, Marcus _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
