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On Mac, Go breaks the rules and hardcodes syscall numbers anyway. On Windows, Go dynamically links to kernel32.dll and friends.

• penpapersw 10y ago
  So in theory Go programs can't be considered reliable across multiple versions of macOS without recompilation then?
  • coldtea 10y ago
    It only matters if it also happens in practice.
    • favorited 10y ago
      It does happen in practice: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16272 https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16272
    • pcwalton 10y ago
      All forwards-compatibility issues were only "theoretical" issues that didn't "matter in practice" until a new release of the platform came out and suddenly they did.