X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintro.texi;h=f22ba76e20b0a187e41002cba3b71cf8ec88e20a;hb=37deefa57e17a299779936ae6d2b74df2e517368;hp=97037eb52473e4692674adbab2fc295cd54623fb;hpb=5e68c020d57d0e8eab14f8cce9b8a1ce1ffddba5;p=pintos-anon diff --git a/doc/intro.texi b/doc/intro.texi index 97037eb..f22ba76 100644 --- a/doc/intro.texi +++ b/doc/intro.texi @@ -478,9 +478,9 @@ Rosenblum. Pintos originated as a replacement for Nachos with a similar design. Since then Pintos has greatly diverged from the Nachos design. Pintos differs from Nachos in two important ways. First, Pintos runs on real -or simulated 80@var{x}86 hardware, whereas Nachos runs as a process on a -host operating system. Second, like most real-world operating systems, -Pintos is written in C, whereas Nachos is written in C++. +or simulated 80@var{x}86 hardware, but Nachos runs as a process on a +host operating system. Second, Pintos is written in C like most +real-world operating systems, but Nachos is written in C++. Why the name ``Pintos''? First, like nachos, pinto beans are a common Mexican food. Second, Pintos is small and a ``pint'' is a small amount.