UWC Summer 2013 Final Exam - revision history

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	* Unless medical evidence is produced, no one will be permitted to retire to the restroom.		* Unless medical evidence is produced, no one will be permitted to retire to the restroom.

	''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. Provide details, not vague generalizations. (3 points)		''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's <tt>epoll</tt> with FreeBSD's <tt>kqueue</tt>. Provide details, not vague generalizations. (3 points)

	''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively-programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)		''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively-programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)

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	''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. Provide details, not vague generalizations. (3 points)		''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. Provide details, not vague generalizations. (3 points)

	''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)		''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively-programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)

	''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX ~~systems~~ model. (3 points)		''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX model. (3 points)

	''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)		''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)

Dank at 00:01, 10 July 2020

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	''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)		''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)
	<hr>		<hr>
	"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the UNIX story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."		"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the UNIX story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."—Eric S. Raymond
	~~--Eric~~ S. Raymond

	"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."		"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."—Scott Adams
	~~--Scott Adams~~
			"There may indeed be other applications than as a logic."—Alonzo Church
	<hr>		<hr>
	Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try to avoid Apple products. --nlb		Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try to avoid Apple products. --nlb
	===Bonus question answers===		===Bonus question answers===
	The epigram is from Tennyson's dramatic monologue "Ulysses". The instructions are taken from Vladimir Nabokov's introduction to his ''Lectures on Literature''.		The epigram is from Tennyson's dramatic monologue "Ulysses". The instructions are taken from Vladimir Nabokov's introduction to his ''Lectures on Literature''.

Dank at 05:59, 30 July 2013

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	* Unless medical evidence is produced, no one will be permitted to retire to the restroom.		* Unless medical evidence is produced, no one will be permitted to retire to the restroom.

	''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. (3 points)		''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. Provide details, not vague generalizations. (3 points)

	''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)		''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)

Dank at 05:55, 30 July 2013

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	--Scott Adams		--Scott Adams
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	Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try ~~and~~ avoid Apple products. --nlb		Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try to avoid Apple products. --nlb
	===Bonus question answers===		===Bonus question answers===
	The epigram is from Tennyson's dramatic monologue "Ulysses". The instructions are taken from Vladimir Nabokov's introduction to his ''Lectures on Literature''.		The epigram is from Tennyson's dramatic monologue "Ulysses". The instructions are taken from Vladimir Nabokov's introduction to his ''Lectures on Literature''.

Dank at 05:51, 30 July 2013

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	* One clear head, one blue book, ink, think, abbreviate obvious components (for example TLB).		* One clear head, one blue book, ink, think, abbreviate obvious components (for example TLB).
	* Do not pad ignorance with eloquence.		* Do not pad ignorance with eloquence.
	* Unless medical evidence is produced ~~nobody~~ will be permitted to retire to the restroom.		* Unless medical evidence is produced, no one will be permitted to retire to the restroom.

	''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. (3 points)		''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. (3 points)

Dank at 05:50, 30 July 2013

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	''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)		''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)
	<hr>		<hr>
	"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the ~~Unix~~ story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."		"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the UNIX story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
	--Eric S. Raymond		--Eric S. Raymond

	~~"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination."~~
	~~--Frederick P. Brooks~~

	~~"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ''ideas''."~~
	~~--G. H. Hardy~~

	"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."		"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."

Dank at 05:49, 30 July 2013

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	''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points)		''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points)

	''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its ~~instructions~~ (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)		''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its regulations (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)
			<hr>
	"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."		"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
	--Eric S. Raymond		--Eric S. Raymond
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	"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."		"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."
	--Scott Adams		--Scott Adams
			<hr>
	Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try and avoid Apple products. --nlb		Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try and avoid Apple products. --nlb
			===Bonus question answers===
			The epigram is from Tennyson's dramatic monologue "Ulysses". The instructions are taken from Vladimir Nabokov's introduction to his ''Lectures on Literature''.

Dank at 05:47, 30 July 2013

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	''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points)		''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points)

	''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its instructions (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content) (1 point)		''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its instructions (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point)

			"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe."
			--Eric S. Raymond

			"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination."
			--Frederick P. Brooks

			"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ''ideas''."
			--G. H. Hardy

			"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done."
			--Scott Adams

			Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try and avoid Apple products. --nlb

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'''UNIX Weapons School Summer 2013 FINAL EXAMINATION'''

My mariners, souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—it has been a pleasure. You have 3 hours.

* One clear head, one blue book, ink, think, abbreviate obvious components (for example TLB).
* Do not pad ignorance with eloquence.
* Unless medical evidence is produced nobody will be permitted to retire to the restroom.

''Question 1'': Compare and contrast Linux's epoll with FreeBSD's kqueue. (3 points)

''Question 2'': Describe an effective and effectively programmable hardware interface for TCP offload. Detail those use cases, if any, where your system will be ineffective. (4 points)

''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points)

''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its instructions (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content) (1 point)