In article <1992Aug16.114537.9026@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:

| I either have to implement some kind of /proc filesystem or support
| some "get_ps_info()" system call - the get_ps_info() way is easier, but
| a /proc fs might be a good idea and is more general. It will have to
| wait for 0.98 or so, though: 0.97.pl2 won't have a good ps interface.

  The /proc also opens the door for some debugging stuff, etc.

  This is why I think it's too early to "stabilise" linux, Linus and
other are still finding some fairly basic things they can do better, and
would really have a hassle doing them with backward compatibility.
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