Re: Persistence Pros and Cons

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

"Jonathan S. Shapiro" <address@hidden> writes:

> I think that in the end persistence is a matter of taste. It has allowed
> us to structure the EROS system very differently, and we have found the
> results to be powerful. Having said that, it is a struggle to articulate
> *why* this should be so, and I am not satisfied that I have done so.

Recently, Marcus showed how persistence could elegantly solve the
passive translator problem[0].

Can you explain how an application can serialize its state, including
capabilities it holds, given that capabilities are "not representable as
bits"?

Thanks,
Ludovic.

[0] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00081.html