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

[Johnny Billquist]

On 2015-03-08 21:39, Clem Cole wrote:
>
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Sergey Oboguev <oboguev at yahoo.com
> <mailto: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).

Well, in all fairness, semaphores were used on railways already in the 
19th century...

	Johnny

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