AWhat changed
Presented Mach kernel foundation with threads, virtual memory and communication.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact seven-author 1986 USENIX paper and the system described there. It does not absorb later Mach 3, NeXT, macOS, every Mach contributor or all microkernel development.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact seven-author 1986 USENIX paper and the system described there. It does not absorb later Mach 3, NeXT, macOS, every Mach contributor or all microkernel development.
Contributors
- Michael J. Accetta · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Robert V. Baron · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- William J. Bolosky · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- David B. Golub · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Richard F. Rashid · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Avadis Tevanian · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Michael Young · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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