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January 2000

JavaWorld: Build an object database J C Lawrence
Muq update Cynbe ru Taren
New link support J C Lawrence
OS Inspiration Phillip Lenhardt

I myself don't have the ability to apply this code and its ideas to MUD
design, but I feel EROS (http://www.eros-os.org/) has a lot
to offer the MUD developer, including:

Pure Capability Architecture

EROS is a pure capability system. Authority in the system is conveyed
exclusivly by secure capabilities, down to the granularity of
individual pages.

Orthogonal Global Persistence

All user state, including both data and running programs, are
transparently saved on a periodic basis. In the event of system
failure processes are resumed as of the last checkpoint. No special
action or programming on the part of the application is required.

Kernel Threads

The EROS kernel itself is implemented using multiple kernel-mode
threads. This improves the performance of EROS drivers, makes them
simpler to code, and greatly simplifies the design of the kernel. In
addition, it enables selected kernel functionality to be preempted by
higher priority user activities.

Security

Because EROS processes are persistent, processes can hold authorities
in their own right rather than inheriting them from the user. This
enables a rich variety of options for security and access control that
are impossible in systems lacking persistent processes.

"Stateless" Supervisor

While the EROS kernel caches user state in a variety of ways for the
sake of performance, essentially all of the state maintained by the
kernel is derived from user-provided information. Only two pieces of
kernel state are saved in a persistent snapshot: the list of running
threads and the directory of objects in the checkpoint log.

Deadlock-Free Supervisor

Minimal Kernel

The EROS kernel contains relatively little code. The current
(incomplete) system is 24.3k of binary code. The final,
non-distributed kernel is expected to weigh in at 50k to 60k on
completion. The latter number includes critical drivers and the
persistence manager. No size tuning has been done.

Distribution

EROS provides all of these facilities, including orthogonal
persistence, across a cluster of machines.
- OS Inspiration Greg Miller
Chomsky's recursive theory of grammar J C Lawrence
concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. Nate Cain
- concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. Joel Dillon
- - concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. Greg Miller
- concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- - concerning tokenization, compilation, performance, and other fun stuff. J C Lawrence
Library submission notification and updates J C Lawrence
EQ packet sniffer J C Lawrence
Catalog of Compiler Construction Tools J C Lawrence
Microthreads for Python J C Lawrence
For those interested in parsers and compilers J C Lawrence
EQ packet analyzer is gone? Sellers, Michael
- EQ packet analyzer is gone? J C Lawrence
- EQ packet analyzer is gone? J C Lawrence
RFC: Worldforge project Scott Clitheroe
ScryMUD 2.0.9 released (compiles on Windows (cygwin)) Ben Greear
Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" J C Lawrence
- Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" Raph & Kristen Koster
- - Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" Sellers, Michael
  - Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" Nick Shaffner
- Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" Sellers, Michael
- Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" Jeremy Music "Sterling"
- Clay Shirky's "Playfulness in 3-D Spaces" msew
ShowEQ Ashran
Hello! F. Randall Farmer
- Hello! Cynbe ru Taren
Y2K archives J C Lawrence
An introduction... Geoffrey A. MacDougall
- An introduction... Lovecraft
Laws website moves Raph & Kristen Koster
Ok, got some brand new core dumps. J C Lawrence
player politics (was An introduction...) Sellers, Michael
- player politics (was An introduction...) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
- - player politics (was An introduction...) Sellers, Michael
  - - player politics (was An introduction...) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
    - player politics (was An introduction...) J C Lawrence
    - - player politics (was An introduction...) Sellers, Michael
A quick business question... Geoffrey A. MacDougall
- A quick business question... Matthew Mihaly
- - A quick business question... Darrin Hyrup
Question about multithreaded servers Fabian Lemke
- Question about multithreaded servers AR Schleicher
- Question about multithreaded servers Nick Shaffner
- - Question about multithreaded servers Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  - - Question about multithreaded servers Fabian
    - - Question about multithreaded servers Jon A. Lambert
      - Question about multithreaded servers Fabian
      - Question about multithreaded servers J C Lawrence
- Question about multithreaded servers Greg Underwood
- - Question about multithreaded servers cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
  - - Question about multithreaded servers J C Lawrence
    - - Question about multithreaded servers Greg Underwood
- Question about multithreaded servers J C Lawrence
- - Question about multithreaded servers Emil Eifrém
  - - Question about multithreaded servers J C Lawrence
Community Relations Dundee
- Community Relations Christopher Allen
- - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
  - Community Relations Greg Miller
  - Community Relations Darrin Hyrup
  - Community Relations Dundee
  - - Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
    - - Community Relations Dundee
      - Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Dundee
- Community Relations Marian Griffith
- Community Relations Koster, Raph
- Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
- - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
  - - Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
    - - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
      - Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
  - Community Relations Marc Bowden
  - Community Relations Eli Stevens {Grey}
  - - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
    - - Community Relations Raph & Kristen Koster
      - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Koster, Raph
        Community Relations Travis Casey
        Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Travis Casey
        Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Rahul Sinha
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Koster, Raph
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Geoffrey A. MacDougall
        Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  - Community Relations Travis S. Casey
  - Community Relations Douglas Couch
  - Community Relations Dundee
  - Community Relations Marian Griffith
  - - Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
    - - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
      - Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Geoffrey A. MacDougall
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations Geoffrey A. MacDougall
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations Marian Griffith
        Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
        Community Relations Sellers, Michael
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations J C Lawrence
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations J C Lawrence
        Community Relations Koster, Raph
        Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
        Community Relations Ola Fosheim Grøstad
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
        Community Relations Lovecraft
        Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
        Community Relations Jon A. Lambert
  - Community Relations J C Lawrence
- Community Relations Wes Connell
- - Community Relations Marc Bowden
  - Community Relations Dundee
- Community Relations J C Lawrence
- Community Relations J C Lawrence
- Community Relations F. Randall Farmer
- Community Relations Dr. Cat
- Community Relations J C Lawrence
- Community Relations Koster, Raph
- Community Relations Geoffrey A. MacDougall
- - Community Relations Matthew Mihaly
Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases (was: help me find 100% fre (fwd) J C Lawrence
Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases (was: help me find 100% fre (fwd) J C Lawrence
Databases (was Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases) Charles Hughes
- Databases (was Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases) cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
- Databases (was Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases) Jon A. Lambert
- - Databases (was Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases) Jon A. Lambert
- Databases (was Commercial-use Restrictions on Code Bases) J C Lawrence
Mud-Dev FAQ part I Marian Griffith
Mud-Dev FAQ part II Marian Griffith
META: List goals (was OS Inspiration) J C Lawrence
Valhalla license? CFrancy@aol.com
- Valhalla license? Matthew Mihaly
- Valhalla license? Richard Woolcock
Planet/Solar System Generation Wes Connell
- Planet/Solar System Generation icecube@ihug.co.nz
- Planet/Solar System Generation Christopher Allen
- Planet/Solar System Generation J C Lawrence
Planet/Solar System Generation Nolan Darilek
- Planet/Solar System Generation Wes Connell
- - Planet/Solar System Generation Richard Woolcock
How to handle/display partial language skill Joe Kingry
- How to handle/display partial language skill Greg Underwood
- How to handle/display partial language skill Wes Connell
- How to handle/display partial language skill Matt Chatterley
Signing off... IronWolf
Simulated Populations phlUID
- Simulated Populations Charles Hughes
- Simulated Populations Vladimir Prelovac
- - Simulated Populations phlUID
  - - Simulated Populations Dundee
    - - Simulated Populations Wes Connell
  - Simulated Populations Nicolai Hansen
  - - Simulated Populations J C Lawrence
- Simulated Populations J C Lawrence
Business Licenses CFrancy@aol.com
- Business Licenses Bruce
- Business Licenses J C Lawrence
[adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? (fwd) J C Lawrence
- [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? (fwd) Matthew Mihaly
- - [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? (fwd) Wes Connell
  - - [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? (fwd) Matthew Mihaly
- [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? (fwd) Erik Jarvi
Multiply oriented interactive worlds... Justin Rogers
[adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? J C Lawrence
[adv-mud] Topic list repost (fwd) J C Lawrence
[adv-mud] Spellbound Hierarchy and Keys (fwd) J C Lawrence
- [adv-mud] Spellbound Hierarchy and Keys (fwd) J C Lawrence
[adv-mud] Better Grammer Detection J C Lawrence
[adv-mud] MUD-Dev vs. adv-mud J C Lawrence
MUD-Dev vs. adv-mud phlUID
[adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? phlUID
(fwd) Avatarism and Role-Playing Game Design claw@kanga.nu
Starlane test Joel Kelso
hoho Matthew Mihaly
Current Status of Middle Earth Online Geoffrey A. MacDougall
ScryMUD 2.0.10 released. Ben Greear
[adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? J C Lawrence
- [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? Ben Greear
- [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? J C Lawrence
- - [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? Wes Connell
  - - [adv-mud] What good is a hero when nobody knows? J C Lawrence
Some new Library references J C Lawrence