HURD
     HIRD of Unix-Replacing DAEMONs (GNU, HIRD)

	

	Hurd
     
        The Hurd will be the foundation of the whole GNU system.  It
        is built on top of the Mach 3.0 kernel, a free
        message-passing kernel developed by CMU.  Mach's virtual
        memory management and message-passing facilities are
        extensively used by the Hurd.  The GNU C Library will provide
        the Unix system call interface, and will call the Hurd for
        needed services it can't provide itself.
     
        One goal of the Hurd is to establish a framework for shared
        development and maintenance.  The Hurd is like GNU Emacs in
        that it will allow a broad range of users to create and share
        useful projects without knowing much about the internal
        workings of the system -- projects that might never have been
        attempted without freely available source, a well-designed
        interface, and a multi-server-based design.
     
        Currently there are free ports of the Mach kernel to the
        Intel 80386 IBM PC, the DEC PMAX workstation, the
        Luna 88k and several other machines, with more in
        progress, including the Amiga and DEC Alpha-3000
        machines.  Contact , if you want to help with
        one of these or start your own.  Porting the GNU Hurd and GNU
        C Library is easy (easier than porting GNU Emacs, certainly
        easier than porting GCC) once a Mach port to a particular
        platform exists.
     
        [June 1994 GNU's Bulletin].
     
        (1994-12-07)