Reducing system calls overhead

[DugalJP]

In article <1316 at ast.cs.vu.nl> ast at cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
...
>I would suggest you look closely at MULTICS and OS/2, which uses many ideas
>taken straight from MULTICS.  In these systems, the entire operating system is
>contained within the address space of each user process, with appropriate
...

I've been a systems analyst on our Multics system for 13 years now, and
OS/2 does indeed have great possibilities, BUT only when the superior
features of the 386 processor are used.  Doesn't OS/2 use only techniques
possible on the 286?


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