P. J. Alling wrote: > I don't want to say Adam is wrong, so I won't, maybe they've found ways > around that. However the MACH Kernel is based on BSD Unix, it's not > like it's an entirely different animal.
Yes, the MACH kernel _is_ an entirely different animal, actually. MACH is a microkernel OS developed at CMU. There was always a BSD emulation layer that enables all BSD/UNIX code to be compilable for it easily. That's been enhanced by Apple with Linux libraries as well so almost anything from Linux/BSD can be made to run on Mac OS X. So the system /looks/ like BSD UNIX for all intents and purposes when you login to a terminal. The disk layout is pretty standard Posix-like stuff, and apps enjoy a BSD experience. However, it ain't UNIX underneath. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_%28kernel%29 -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
