Ted Leung on the air
Ted Leung on the air: Open Source, Java, Python, and ...
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    AS/400, OS/400
    
   
    
     I've seen two OS/400 related posts in the last two days, so I thought that I'd highlight them. 
 Richard Demers' post focuses on the 
hardware architecture of the AS/400 and describes how the system is "object-oriented" from the ground up.  The OSNews article gives a brief overview of 
the OS/400 database/filesystem.  This article was a response to the Longhorn WinFS vs Gnome Storage debate. 
The AS/400 (System 38) is the sole survivor of all the systems described in Henry Levy's Capability-Based Computer Systems, one of the almost extinct branches of computer systems...
    
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       I think I messed up the previous comment. Oops.
That book is actually available at:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/levy/capabook/
Each chapter is separate PDF.
Posted by David at Sun Nov 2 09:55:39 2003
      
      That book is actually available at:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/levy/capabook/
Each chapter is separate PDF.
Posted by David at Sun Nov 2 09:55:39 2003
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