Re: layman explanation please

[Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>]

Kai Großjohann wrote:
> A `server' in the Hurd roughly corresponds to a kernel module in
> Linux.  This is about a million miles away from the term `server' used
> to describe, say, a Web server or mail server.

Hmm... I believe, just the opposite is true, a Hurd server is much more like
a Web server or mail server, i.e., all they have ports and communicate with
their
clients by exchanging messages on these ports, as opposed to a direct
function call or trap.

Regards,
-velco