Re: Design Decisions and Hurd/L4 work (was: Re: Improving Hurd)

[Patrick Strasser]

Jan Atle Ramsli wrote:

> "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" wrote:
>
>
> > There are--horror of horrors--data type problems that abstract data
> > types are unable to adequately describe, and this is precisely what
> > led to their demise as a fundamental organizing principle about ten
> > years ago.
> And now I hear that Hurd is based on concepts that have 10 years advance
> on me in matters of basic computer science.

I dont't think Abstract Datatypes are completetly outdated. Maybe they 
have proven not to be usefull as _fundamental principle_ but that does 
not mean that some proplems would be solved elegantly and compact or 
whatever your criterea for Good Software is with ADT's.
You have to investigate your problem, look at what tools you have and 
what you like, and then make your decission. It's never good to use 
always the same, only out of personal sympathy or habbit nor is it good 
to expect a method to work for every situation (... equally good).

Patrick


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Patrick Strasser <pstrasser at bigfoot dot de>
Student of Telematik, Techn. University Graz, Austria