[cap-talk] Capabilities vs. Classifications, Capabilities in Hardware.

John Carlson john.carlson3 at sbcglobal.net
Wed Dec 21 15:41:14 EST 2005


Maybe I meant set theoretic languages instead of relational languages.

I am becoming more and more convinced that we need capability support
in hardware.  Is it there already?  On all peripherals?

John

John Carlson wrote:

> Capability is to object-oriented languages (objects and methods as 
> objects)
> as
> ACL is to relational languages ( a limited # of methods which 
> everything is shoved through)
>
> ACL seems to be more about set theory, and Capability seems more about
> encryption & hiding.  What is the basic math behind capabilities?
>
> John
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