OK, yeah, that's actually really helpful. Anyone who plays around with Linux at all, give this a read. Good stuff.
Says "kernel runs just like any other program" and proceeds to launch a VM to run it, because it would "mess up the system" otherwise. I liked the article, but it feels like it's leaving out the critical piece.
That was my reaction as well. It's a fun headline, but a kernel is not "just a program". To try to assert it's like a normal program forces you to question your definition of a program. If I hold a voltimeter and switch between hot and cold wires, am I a program now?
I'd say you are one without the silly gadgets.
When you read the article the headline starts to make sense. I wouldn't have read it based on the headline. Thankfully you read it nevertheless and praised it. :)
It really is a good read. Nice.
I really enjoyed both parts of the article. Thanks for sharing!
I'd think that would be obvious. Everything is a program on a computer.
Wikipedia:
A computer program is a sequence or set[a] of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute.
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