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POSIX is an interface contract between users/programmers and the operating system, and very much matters.
by JdeBP 9y ago
POSIX is an interface contract between users/programmers and the operating system, and very much matters.
- pjmlp 9y agoNot really, nowadays Linux compatibly seems more relevant than plain old POSIX, and even then only when coding in C or C++. "POSIX Abstractions in Modern Operating Systems: The Old, the New, and the Missing" http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nsl/papers/2016/posix.eurosys16.pdf http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nsl/papers/2016/posix.eurosys16.p...