Re: My Experiences installing the Hurd

[nisse@lysator.liu.se (Niels Möller)]

kbk@shore.net (Kurt B. Kaiser) writes:

> To quote RMS: "...the multi-threaded servers that send messages to
> each other have turned out to be very hard to debug.  Making the HURD
> work solidly has stretched out for many years."
> 
> But with L4 it is anticipated that these problems will be greatly
> diminished, and the flexibility and modern design of the Hurd will
> come to be properly appreciated.

I wouldn't anticipate that... On L4, it will still be multithreaded
servers sending messages to eachother, and probably about as hard to
debug. The L4 port addresses other things.

/Niels