Because the 9x kernel was obsolete. It was a weird hybrid of 16-bit and 32-bit technology, based on inadequate legacy code. It had fundamental restrictions that made it nearly impossible to support SMP or anything even resembling a security model.
Yes, sure.
I don't think so.
I don't know.
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Because the 9x kernel was obsolete. It was a weird hybrid of 16-bit and 32-bit technology, based on inadequate legacy code. It had fundamental restrictions that made it nearly impossible to support SMP or anything even resembling a security model.
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CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
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