[Simh] Regarding "Cutler THE father of VMS" myth

[Clem Cole]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Sergey Oboguev <oboguev at yahoo.com> wrote:

> If so, he may have a claim to inventing (a hint at) a microkernel concept.
> ;-)


​Dykstra invented the ukernel -- its the THE kernel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THE_multiprogramming_system

The paper itself is
http://uosis.mif.vu.lt/~liutauras/books/Dijkstra%20-%20The%20structure%20of%20the%20THE%20multiprogramming%20system.pdf

And all kernel hacker should read it some time.  It where the idea of
semaphores are defined and the idea of "up" and "down" - (aka P/V).

Clem​
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