X-Received: by 10.66.80.41 with SMTP id o9mr8551165pax.4.1357522378964; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:32:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.50.46.226 with SMTP id y2mr1333031igm.12.1357522378923; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 17:32:58 -0800 (PST) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!f6no10692541pbd.1!news-out.google.com!s9ni88763pbb.0!nntp.google.com!b8no3541574pbd.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 17:32:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 References: <1rxjd74kjrhfc.mdbq9v09dxbn$.dlg@40tude.net> <50e8e7ea$0$282$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <714a4931-beae-481c-b865-8093fd7c99ff@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: single instance From: Lew Injection-Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:32:58 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21098 Twirlip of the Mists wrote: > 1. When was the last time you, or anyone you know, bought or saw anyone > using a computer or other gadget that wasn't either Apple, Windows, or > some flavor of Unix? Happens all the time. > 2. How would you develop an OS without the concept of a PID? (No, the sucky > iPhone "OS" doesn't count, since it DOESN'T MULTITASK. :P) No True Scotsman. Throw away ahead of time all the valid counterexamples. > 3. Does anyone tend to make OSen (iPhone "OS" again does not count) that No True Scotsman. Throw away ahead of time all the valid counterexamples. > *aren't* fairly POSIXy anymore? > > 4. And before you bring up some obscure legacy OS on some archaic mainframe No True Scotsman. Throw away ahead of time all the valid counterexamples. Java runs today on some of your "archaic" mainframes. > that some large banking institution in some obscure corner of the world Large *and* obscure? -- Lew