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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Threads: Sewing badges of honor onto a Kernel
Date: Tue,  2 Mar 2004 09:37:00 +0000
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lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> And to
> suggest that performance is a significant factor in the design of a
> generic operating system is laughable.

Not entirely:  If an OS design *precludes* efficient
operation on any architecture, surely that is bad design.