On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:54:19 +0200 Jean-Yves Migeon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, it is pretty easy for most systems programs to retrofit > > what you want. It is a lot harder for arbitrary programs, but > > that's another story. > > I don't think so. For "small", "trivial" programs, like those used > for hashing, compress/uncompress, it is indeed easy to retrofit. > > But if you go for programs like web browsers, web/application > servers, databases, or even any GUI program (PDF readers, did I say > browsers?), it is a lot less trivial to bring a capability model in.
They did Chrome in the paper, and it required very few lines of code (under 100). They did other tests too. It appears that they've had quite a bit of success in creating a very usable API here. I'm not entirely surprised, given the nature of what they're doing. I suspect programs like ntp or postfix would be quite easy to do. Emacs would be quite hard. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger [email protected]
