Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.006 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'escape': 0.07; 'think,': 0.07; 'backwards': 0.09; 'imply': 0.09; 'models.': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'someone,': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'anyway': 0.11; 'vista': 0.13; 'dec': 0.15; '(just': 0.16; 'hacked': 0.16; 'heap': 0.16; 'recruited': 0.16; 'scratch': 0.16; 'wording': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'memory': 0.18; 'windows': 0.19; 'changes': 0.20; 'mostly': 0.20; 'written': 0.20; 'earlier': 0.21; '2000,': 0.22; '4.0': 0.22; "user's": 0.22; 'seems': 0.23; 'linux': 0.24; 'tried': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'cc:2**2': 0.27; 'then.': 0.27; 'all.': 0.28; 'run': 0.28; 'connection': 0.30; 'knows': 0.30; 'fri,': 0.30; 'requirements': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'from:addr:googlemail.com': 0.35; 'machines': 0.35; 'too.': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'cc:no real name:2**1': 0.36; 'development.': 0.36; 'problems': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'received:209.85.214': 0.39; 'space': 0.39; 'end': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'address': 0.60; 'real': 0.61; 'system)': 0.61; 'time,': 0.62; 'between': 0.63; 'different': 0.63; 'video': 0.65; 'results': 0.65; 'pleased': 0.66; 'obvious': 0.71; 'gain': 0.79; 'introduce': 0.80; 'compromised': 0.84; "driver's": 0.84; 'leader,': 0.84; 'received:209.85.214.184': 0.84; 'received:mail- ob0-f184.google.com': 0.84; 'angel': 0.93 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:19:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=123.192.32.215; posting-account=5JdMBQoAAABHnS4mjpqEzxnmWtgiiVNw References: <7c8701cc-1bc5-46ee-a83a-3e9a038ceada@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 123.192.32.215 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Blue Screen Python From: 88888 Dihedral To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Alister , d@davea.name, python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Message-ID: Lines: 82 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1348316373 news.xs4all.nl 6848 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53511 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29746 Dave Angel=E6=96=BC 2012=E5=B9=B49=E6=9C=8822=E6=97=A5=E6=98=9F=E6=9C=9F=E5= =85=ADUTC+8=E4=B8=8B=E5=8D=887=E6=99=8244=E5=88=8654=E7=A7=92=E5=AF=AB=E9= =81=93=EF=BC=9A > On 09/22/2012 06:53 AM, Alister wrote: >=20 > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:47:57 -0400, Dave Angel wrote: >=20 > > >=20 > >> >=20 > >> >=20 > >> That's not true at all. You'd re thinking of Windows 3, Windows 95, 9= 8, >=20 > >> and ME, which were hacked on top of MSDOS. But Windows NT3.5, 4, 2000= , >=20 > >> XP, Vista and Windows 7 have an entirely different bloodline. >=20 > >> >=20 > >> NT 3.51 was actually very robust, but in 4.0 to gain better performanc= e, >=20 > >> they apparently did some compromising in the video driver's isolation. >=20 > >> And who knows what's happened since then. >=20 > > Although NT upwards has tried to introduce >=20 >=20 >=20 > Your wording seems to imply that you still think NT was built on some >=20 > earlier MS product. It was written from scratch by a team recruited >=20 > mostly from outside MS, including the leader, a guy who was I think >=20 > experienced in VMS development. The names escape me right now. But >=20 > there were a couple of books, by Helen someone, I think, which helped us >=20 > outsiders understand some of the philosophies of the development. >=20 >=20 >=20 > > user-space requirements the=20 >=20 > > need to maintain backwards compatibility has compromised these efforts. >=20 > > it is not helped by the end user's (just look at what happened to Vista= 's=20 >=20 > > attempt to make users authorise any changes to the system) >=20 > > >=20 > > >=20 > I don't see any connection between memory address space user models and >=20 > user security models. >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > DaveA I tested MS NT in 1998-2002. I was pleased by the results to run real multi-tasking processes at that time. I ran some linux machines=20 at that time, too. Anyway the heap walker problems in all the unix and linux systems were very obvious in those years.=20 My conclusion at that time was people from DEC were really good in the OS. =20