Author: Frank E. Oldham
Date: 14:35:50 05/01/04
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On May 01, 2004 at 12:53:41, Dan Andersson wrote: > Mac OS X isn't using the usual monolitic kernel as most BSD systems use. It is >instead using Mach 3.0 microkernel. The BSD part is the rest of the system. Much >like in Linux where Linux is the kernel and GNU applications is the system. > So while BSD knowledge is a boon it doesn't adress the kernel and its services >until it connects with the BSD API. > >MvH Dan Andersson IMHO this is more misleading than useful...the Mach stuff is completely invisible when you program at the BSD level with gcc, its libraries, and X11 (if you wish). Frank
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