[apostle-developers] design

[Guido de J. <gu...@us...>]

Since we got some people available again, I think this is a good time to 
start a bit of discussion on design. As I mentioned in a previous mail, I ran 
into some problems with the current design. If we extrapolate the current 
design we will end up of with probably hundreds of little servers, all 
dedicated to a very specific task. Although this would be very flexible, it 
will result in a load of overhead and it will be nearly impossible to manage.

I think we need to group a number of processes or - maybe even better - build 
dynamic libraries that will be linked to certain processes. IMHO it is not a 
good idea to put everything into one big process (you could try to port the 
Linux kernel to the Gemini Nucleus if you wish, but I don't think that will 
gain you anything besides the fact that you proved it can be done). Anyway, 
we really have to do things differently, but I'm not sure how. I hope some of 
you could post your ideas on this. It doesn't matter if your ideas are vague 
or even impossible. As long as it helps to get the discussion going!

Guido