[fpc-other] Re: [fpc-pascal] [OT] Sven, don't defect to the dark side!

[Sven Barth]

Am 13.03.2013 08:13 schrieb "Luca Manganelli" <
luca_manganelli at comune.trento.it>:
>
> On 12/3/2013, Sven wrote:
>
> > I'm a huge fan of the NT kernel
>
> I am curious about this: why are you a huge fan of NT kernel? (in a
> programmer view)

The NT kernel was originally designed to be a microkernel, traces of which
can still be seen in its structure today. Also the subsystem concept is a
still used remnant if this.
Like on Unix systems the NT file system is single rooted (and case
sensitive), but unlike Unixes the Root is an object based non persistent
hierarchy (in NT everything is an object). Also filesystems are
automatically useable through their partition object, e.g.
\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\explorer.exe.
Also supported are various local and remote IPC mechanisms.

This sums it up basically :)

Regards,
Sven
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