Interestingly, this argument was also examined in a recent conference [1] and the same conclusions are drawn. Specifically: applications are using high-level fr

Interestingly, this argument was also examined in a recent conference [1] and the same conclusions are drawn. Specifically: applications are using high-level frameworks more (and POSIX less) which use platform-specific extensions, ioctl dominates, and new (disjoint) abstractions are introduced by the major OS platforms. [1] http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2901318.2901350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2901318.2901350