Split Capabilities: Making Capabilities Scale

Mark S. Miller markm@caplet.com
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:21:48 -0700


At 05:31 PM 7/11/00 , Karp, Alan wrote:
>Ah, but non-selective revocation doesn't need preplanning in e-speak Beta
>2.2.  On talking to Mark, we realized that the methods are similar, but we
>took different approaches because of the relative costs of the different
>solutions.  In E, objects are cheaper than capabilities.  The exact opposite
>is true in e-speak. 

In E I'm not sure what "objects are cheaper than capabilities" would mean.  
Objects and capabilities are 1-for-1.


         Cheers,
         --MarkM