Re: Program instantiation (was: Re: Translucent storage: design, pros, and cons

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 19:27 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > > 1) Should a linking (interpreter selection etc) algorithm be provided
> > >    along with the program files or should it exist in the ambient
> > >    space of the operating system?
> > 
> > (1) is infeasible in a system where the instantiating party does not
> > have access to the capabilities that the program will require. One
> > purpose of the constructor mechanism is to allow (e.g.) an instantiated
> > password agent to have access to the password database when I do not.
> 
> As I was discussing my system structure proposal (or in other words,
> the Hurd, not Coyotos), this objection doesn't apply.

I think it does, but only in the sense that a good system structuring
proposal should clearly identify the strengths and weaknesses of the
policies it selects.

This applies to my proposal too, of course.
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