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>It so happens that the Windows API gets this right, This is my general impression on Win vs Linux: Windows offers more fundamental services as a core OS compo
by zvrba 11y ago
>It so happens that the Windows API gets this right,
This is my general impression on Win vs Linux: Windows offers more fundamental services as a core OS component, whereas Linux delegates this to a hodge-podge of competing and mutually incompatible user-space components. (Examples: tracing (ETW), transactional database (BlueJet/ESE), etc).
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- userbinator 11y agoDynamic linking is the other big one. Windows had DLLs from the beginning, all the various Unices didn't and it's always looked like a bit of an afterthought to me.
- zvrba 11y agoWindows DLLs are not position-independent though. This has its advantages and disadvantages.