28 Oct
2010
28 Oct
'10
10:20 a.m.
No, I didn't say that at all. ?I was just saying
that the it would be interesting to
explore how the pdp-11 and VAX architectures influenced the design of unix,
and how unix, in turn, influenced software development as a whole. ?I thin
the two are interrelated.
As I recall, in 1983, running unix on a VAX was the "hot setup" for software
developers. ?Followed soon by running unix on a Sun...
I was initially thinking about just the hardware architecture when the
machines were being designed, not the software aspect, nor what the
machines did (or influenced) after they were released. The
aforementioned memory mapped I/O, for example.
I do not think anyone can deny the importance of the PDP-11 and VAX to
the software development scene.
--
Will