[HN Gopher] A Tale of Four Kernels [pdf] (2008)
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       A Tale of Four Kernels [pdf] (2008)
        
       Author : pcfwik
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-03-18 20:25 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | bcantrill wrote:
       | Wow, this has been submitted exactly twice: today -- and 17 years
       | ago.[0] (No comments then either, probably because there isn't
       | _too_ much to say? Even the work itself draws pretty tepid
       | conclusions.)
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       | [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=194927
        
       | Mr-Frog wrote:
       | I've always enjoyed the practical research and projects that
       | happen at the CalPoly schools, my friends who attended always
       | seemed to be doing some very neat hands-on work.
       | 
       | Anecdotally, my occasional interactions with Linux kernel source
       | code have always impressed me with how the project manage to
       | effectively structure such a large C codebase. Until I look at
       | FreeBSD code, which is even more impressively organized. Both of
       | these projects have really helped me think about how to best
       | organize huge complicated systems.
        
         | MikeTheGreat wrote:
         | If you're willing to share I'd be interested in hearing more
         | about what you learned. What is it about those two codebases
         | that you've used to inform your own choices?
         | 
         | The kernels are pretty sizeable and pretty specialized pieces
         | of software so it's kinda fascinating that useful lessons for
         | other projects could be extracted from it.
        
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