Re: How innovative is Linux?

[Benny Amorsen]

>>>>> "AC" == Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

AC> A few innovations that afaik first appeared the Linux kernel

The clone() call and the efficient 1:1 threading it brought was
definitely innovative. None of the other Unices had anything similar.

splice() is innovative as well, even though it took 10 years from
concept to implementation...


/Benny


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