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Implementation of UNIX on an Object-oriented Operating System, An

Author(s):
Yousef A. Khalidi and Michael N. Nelson
Report Number: Date Published: Available Formats:
TR-92-3 December 1992 Portable Document Format (PDF)
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Abstract


This paper describes an implementation of UNIX on top of an object-oriented operating system. UNIX is implemented without modifying the underlying mechanisms provided by the base system. The resulting system runs dynamically-linked UNIX binaries and utilizes the services provided by the object-oriented system.

Categories and Subject Descriptors:
  • D.4 Software
    • [Operating Systems]:
      • D.4.0 General
      • D.4.7 Distributed systems
      • D.4.9 Systems programs and utilities - Loaders

Keywords and Phrases: UNIX, Object-oriented operating system, Subsystem, Emulation, Micro-kernel

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