Hydra (operating system)

HYDRA was an early capability-based, object-oriented, microkernel designed to support a wide range of possible operating systems to run on top of it.[1] HYDRA was created as part of the C.mmp project at Carnegie-Mellon University in 1971.[2]

HYDRA was designed to be modular and secure, and intended to be flexible enough for easy experimentation.[3] The system was implemented in the programming language BLISS.[4]

References

  1. Wulf 74 pp.337-345
  2. Siewiorek, Daniel P.; Bell, C. Gordon; Newell, Allen; Mashburn, Henry M. (1982), Computer Structures: Principles and Examples, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill
  3. Levy, Henry M. (1984), Capability-Based Computer Systems, Digital Press
  4. Wulf, William A.; Harbison, Samual P. "Reflections in a pool of processors - An experience report on C.mmp/Hydra". p. 945.