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jermar committed Oct 3, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ via message passing. A failure or crash of one component does not
directly harm others. HelenOS is therefore flexible, modular,
extensible, fault tolerant and easy to understand.

HelenOS does not aim to be a clone of any existing operating system
and trades compatibility with legacy APIs for cleaner design.
Most of HelenOS components have been made to order specifically for
HelenOS so that its essential parts can stay free of adaptation layers,
glue code, franken-components and the maintenance burden incurred by them.
HelenOS aims to be compatible with the C11 and C++14 standards, but does not
aspire to be a clone of any existing operating system and trades compatibility
with legacy APIs for cleaner design. Most of HelenOS components have been made
to order specifically for HelenOS so that its essential parts can stay free of
adaptation layers, glue code, franken-components and the maintenance burden
incurred by them.

* [Website](http://helenos.org)
* [Wiki](http://helenos.org/wiki)
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