From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Feb 28 6:56:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from post-11.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98C2F37B41E for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 06:56:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-11.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16gRzI-0003ik-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:56:52 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id 044DA13040 for ; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:56:52 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 43BC6225C3; Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:56:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:56:47 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First test of GPL in court Message-ID: <20020228145647.GB2061@raggedclown.net> References: <20020227142303.A65635@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15484.63760.663944.125557@guru.mired.org> <20020227163501.A66574@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <15485.4354.561280.729573@guru.mired.org> <20020228020025.B65094@titus.hanley.stade.co.uk> <15485.40778.433515.165006@guru.mired.org> <20020228070237.GI3311@raggedclown.net> <15485.55616.947697.70199@guru.mired.org> <20020228142249.GB1805@raggedclown.net> <15486.16889.146502.143165@guru.mired.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <15486.16889.146502.143165@guru.mired.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:43:05AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > Cliff Sarginson types: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 01:16:16AM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Wimp. I learned C reading the v6 kernel, and using the photo7 C > > > compiler just to make life interesting. > > On the other hand the first language I learnt was Fortran 4 on a CDC > > 7600, at the time the most powerful computer in the world (designed by > > Mr Cray no less, before he left CDC to go on to .. well you know > > those big things that don't have operating systems) > > Hey, our big thing from that company had an operating system. It was > called UniCOS, and looked like Unix System III, IIRC. > Ah yes, you are right. But I thought there was a school of thought in the massively parallel processor world that you don't need an O/S, and that languages like Occam avoid the need for one (I am reaching the penumbra of my knowledge here I will be the first to admit). > > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message