A lively technical debate from 1992 between Andrew Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds discusses the merits of microkernel vs monolithic kernel architectures, with Tanenbaum advocating for microkernels while Torvalds defends his monolithic design choices in Linux based on practical implementation considerations.

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