And what else are sockets, once connected, but virtual files? RSCS was
appropriate for "big iron" based on punched cards; sockets serve much the
same purpose for systems based on byte streams.
If you're serious about virtual kernels, you might want to drop a line to
the Freedows folks: they're trying to do the same thing, and need help to
pull it off.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university
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