Re: Design Decisions and Hurd/L4 work (was: Re: Improving Hurd)

[Jan Atle Ramsli]

"Thomas Bushnell, BSG" wrote:

> First failure mode: ADT specifications do not include information on
> time complexity or expected uses.  Consider for example an X 11
> "window" as an ADT.  Now, what would you say if a spreadsheet design
> started off with "ok, create 1,000,000 windows, one for each cell, and
> we can just use X to manage display and positioning".  Whoops!

Also spoke the Great Ayatollah of Operating Systems.
I just figured out that I am unable to verify this, I only have a 19"
screen.

Atle