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Case
But:
Main
lack
Design
Study—
NTFS
legacy
has
almost
of
Summary
generic
Continues
“feature
to
user-space
Summary
preemptive
use
filing
Windows
Implementation
device
asynchronous
of
multiprocessor
multi-threaded
essentially
demand
of
code
exclusive
layered/modular
NT
historically
evolve.
I/O
for
.
system
use
drivers
.
more
interaction”,
objects
lower
support
of
been
written
processes
priority-based
features
aka
(e.g.
by
(vastly
levels
subsystem
architecture:
are:
Win32
advanced
huge
“advanced”
crippled
idiots
VXDs)
throughout
by
(HAL,
API
superior
scheduling
than
to
swathes
features
kernel
of
Unix.
&
FAT32)
complex
executive)
poorly
actually
rather
implemented
decent.
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