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I think NT's model is only possible when the API is intimately tied to implementation details of the threading model. POSIX derived APIs probably do not want to

by _pmf_ 10y ago

I think NT's model is only possible when the API is intimately tied to implementation details of the threading model. POSIX derived APIs probably do not want to be quite as prescriptive.

Pyxl101 10y ago
That's already the case for Linux and epoll, isn't it? Epoll isn't POSIX and is Linux-specific. If it's going to be platform-specific, it had better be right. A different way to look at it is that NT was designed by a single cohesive team, working from start to finish, where as the Linux kernel was evolved over many years, via the contributions of many people, in a less cohesive way.