Unix and C

[Ian G Batten]

ted at oz.plymouth.edu (The Wiz) writes:
> operating system in machine code?  Hint: A long time.  Unix is based
> on the idea that when you port it to a new machine you only need to re-write
> the kernel (The lowest level) of the OS,  thus making it easily portable.

In fact, you re-write a great deal less than that.  Porting a kernel to
a new machine is nothing like writing a new kernel.

ian