Catalin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So the HURD will be the most stable and the most secure operating system > on earth but also the most slowest operating system on earth (because > the request travels a longer way)?
I am not convinced of this. Whether a system is stable and secure or not depends mostly on the implementation, and of course we hope to be stable and secure one day, and that it will be easier for us to reach this state (and keep it) than for others. But whether or not the Hurd is slow by design is a hard question, an answer to which we can't provide at this point yet (and I personally couldn't care less), but here are two points you should think about: - On current hardware, the overhead of a multiserver system may be significant, but is there any reason why it should always be this way? A google search for "fast context switches" and such might help you in finding an answer to this question. - The centralized design of systems with a monolithic kernel also has performance drawbacks, I suggest you take a look at <http://web.walfield.org/papers/gnu-virtual-memory-management-system-lsm-2002-07-14/>. Cheers, GNU/Wolfgang -- Wolfgang Jährling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \\ http://stdio.cjb.net/ Debian GNU/Hurd user && Debian GNU/Linux user \\ http://www.gnu.org/ The Hurd Hacking Guide: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hacking-guide/ ["We're way ahead of you here. The Hurd has always been on the ] [ cutting edge of not being good for anything." -- Roland McGrath ] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]