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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Threads: Sewing badges of honor onto a Kernel 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 01 Mar 2004 10:34:56 GMT."
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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@pdos.lcs.mit.edu>
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> do not forget that applications running on microkernels are faster than 
> on monolithic kernels. see http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/exo

no.  applications running on a kernel tailored to the benchmark
are faster than applications running on a generic kernel.  
exokernel != microkernel.

- rsc@pdos.lcs.mit.edu