Libes, D.
(1987),
Multiple Programs in One UNIX Process, Proceedings of the 1987 Summer USENIX Conference, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=821315
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Multiple Programs in One UNIX Process
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A small operating system (XINU) was ported to UNIX 4.2BSD. The entire operating system runs as a single UNIX process. The code is approximately 1000 lines of C (including comments) and 6 lines of assembler. All of the code is user-level, and thus presents a system easy to examine, understand, and experiment with further. The code has been used as a base for an application of several cooperating processes communicating through global variables. Alternatively, the system provides semaphores and messages for Interprocess communication.Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 1987 Summer USENIX Conference
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XINU, UNIX, program, code, system
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Created September 1, 1987, Updated February 17, 2017