[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:51:12 UTC, yyyc186 <yyyc186 at hughes.net> wrote:

> On Apr 7, 1:28 am, "Bob Eager" <rd... at spamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> > > They aren't processes, they are threads.  Processes have birth
> > > certificates, death certificates and  unique IDs no matter what OS you
> > > are talking about.  The registrar assigns the ID while recording the
> > > genetic lineage of the process.  The registrar also periodically
> > > checks for the continued existence of the process once it has been
> > > created.  It handles the cases of untimely death which occurred
> > > without notification.
> >
> >
> >You ruly are ignorant - or high on something.
> 
> Quite the contrary.  I got an education at colleges back in the day
> when qualified instructors actually worked there.  Higher education is
> an oxymoron these days when it comes to IT programs.  They only talk
> about what the Gartner Group has been paid to sell, not about system
> design and the merrit of one path over another.

No, you are talking opaque rubbish. And I've been teaching this stuff 
probably since before you even went to college...

Explain to us all, in detail (without all the rubbish about death 
certificates) what makes a VMS process a process, while a UNIX process 
is seemingly just a thread. And quote academic authorities for it.

-- 
Bob Eager