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Tuesday Aug 11, 2009
Who said "Processes are cheap" ?
This is really going back. I've been spending some time searching for where I first heard this comment made with regard to UNIX.
Memory is telling me that it was in the Edition VII days, back around 1979-84ish, and that it was perhaps one of ("Dennis Ritchie", "Ken Thomson", "Brian Kernighan", "P.J. Plauger"), or maybe even Rob Pike or Steve Bourne. I have had no luck with google or any documentation I've got. The statement was in the context of the "UNIX Philosophy".
If anyone can point me at a reference I'd certainly appreciate it.
Posted at 04:18PM Aug 11, 2009 by Alan Hargreaves in General | Comments[2]
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Who said "Malloc is cheap" ?
Posted by Jonas on August 12, 2009 at 12:48 AM EST #
Sounds like something out of "The Magic Garden: The UNIX Kernel Explained".
I can find that phrase in "The UNIX-Haters Handbook", as well as assorted books and research papers, but in most cases they are quoting without referencing. It isn't found in the 1974 UNIX Time-Sharing System paper.
Posted by benr on August 13, 2009 at 07:29 AM EST #