Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Official Linux system wrapper library? | From | David Newall <> | Date | Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:11:38 +1030 |
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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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