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SubjectRe: Official Linux system wrapper library?
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On 24/11/18 1:53 am, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> On 23/11/18 14:11, David Newall wrote:
>> On 24/11/18 12:04 am, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>> But socketcall does not exist on all architectures.  Neither does
>>> getpid, it's called getxpid on some architectures.
>>> ...
>>> I think it would be a poor approach to expose application developers to
>>> these portability issues.  We need to abstract over these differences at
>>> a certain layer, and applications are too late.
>> Interesting.  I think the opposite.  I think exposing the OS's interfaces is exactly what a c-library should do.  It might also provide
>> alternative interfaces that work consistently across different platforms, but in addition to, not instead of the OS interface.
> you don't understand the point of the c language if you think so.

I understand the point of C, thank you very much, and we're talking
about the C library, not the language.  I don't understand the point of
your rudeness.

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