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Date: Mon,  2 Feb 2009 22:38:38 -0800
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From: ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 8:26 PM,  <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
>> maybe we could dispense with the kernel.
>> it's complicated anyway.  each application could drive
>> hardware itself.  but to make this easier, we'll used shared
>> libraries.  the only system service we'd need is a shared library
>> loader.

um, sadly, this *is* the norm nowadays in HPC. And here you all
thought you were joking.

ron