[Gllug] Re: 64 bit computing

[Richard Jones]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 10:12:27PM +0000, Christian Smith wrote:
> Richard Jones uttered:
> >On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:56:04AM +0000, John Hearns wrote:
> >>Pete Ryland wrote:
> >>>There are in fact whole operating systems that aim to use the 64-bit
> >>>address space by not supporting any other form of access.  For
> >>>example, Mungi:
> >>>
> >>>http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au/research/mungi/
> >>>
> >>Oooohh.... shiny.
> >
> ><fart mode="old">
> >
> >Hmmm ... OS-9 worked exactly the same way back in the late 80s ...
> >
> ></fart>
> 
> I believe IBM OS/400 and previously System/38 also used a similar scheme.

And of course Multics (in the 60s) pioneered having all files and
objects mapped into memory.

Everything old is new again.

Rich.

-- 
Richard Jones
Red Hat
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