Talk:Evolution of Operating Systems Designs

This book looks like a fascinating exploration of ideas for past, present, and future operating systems. --DavidCary (talk) 00:16, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Languages as operating systems
The current table of contents confuses me: Currently it links to the "Java", "Lisp", and "Smalltalk" sections of one module of this book:
 * 1) Evolution of Operating Systems Designs/Languages as Operating Systems
 * 2) Evolution of Operating Systems Designs/Languages as Operating Systems
 * 3) Evolution of Operating Systems Designs/Languages as Operating Systems

That seems to be a reasonable thing to do, since another module (Evolution of Operating Systems Designs/What is an Operating System?) says that "Smalltalk, Java, and Lisp ... can sometimes be considered operating systems."

However, when I click on any of those links, I discover that that module has neither a "Java" section, nor a "Lisp" section, nor a "Smalltalk" section. In fact, the text of the Evolution of Operating Systems Designs/Languages as Operating Systems module currently never mentions "Operating systems" or "Lisp" or "Smalltalk", and so that text doesn't seem to belong in this book.

Has a module from this book been accidentally torn out and lost, and a module from some completely different book been crammed into its place? What can we do to restore the information that was intended to be in this book? What should we do about this text that doesn't seem to belong in this book? --DavidCary (talk) 01:22, 7 April 2009 (UTC)