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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 14 Jan 1996 22:27:22 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Two comments, not really related to the LWP (not "pthreads")
duscussion going on:
bry@netcom.com (Bryan Althaus) wrote:
[ ... ]
] You just don't slap this stuff into an OS, it has to be designed before
] hand. This is the first thing you learn in OOP. Design up front.
With respect, this is the difference between "programming" and
"software engineering".
Up front design is not an "OOP"/"non-OOP" issue. If you are
doing software engineering, you design up front.
Period.
[ ... ]
] Next week when I upgrade to Solaris 2.5, I'm sure my "love affair" will
] continue. The only difference is I don't hate SunOS 4.1.x, it just that
] Solaris 2.x is better, its *supported*, it is state of the art.
It is supported and 4.x is not, I grant you: the result of a
business decision by Sun (one that not all of us agree with,
but hey, it's their company to run into the ground).
It is *not* "state of the art"; even if you limit yourself to
discussing only commercially sold UNIX platforms, there's AIX,
which has a lot of features that Solaris doesn't (and is a good
example of "design up front").
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.