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It's presumably modeled after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
by kentonv 8y ago
It's presumably modeled after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux
- zapzupnz 8y agoIndeed, although even that is worded awkwardly.
- TurkTurkleton 8y agoOut of legal necessity; see this comment from HN user bitcrazed, who worked on WSL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13697918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13697918
- asveikau 8y agoWow that is a bad excuse for inaccurate phrasing. "Windows Linux Subsystem" would be better and still fit that criteria. Just like the old thing they used to have was called "posix subsystem". Throw "Windows" at the start and you are good...
- msla 8y agoIt's wrong because of where the "Subsystem" is, and because you start parsing the sentence with that word. OK, it's a "Subsystem", which is a subset of a system. What kind of subsystem? A Windows subsystem! This part of the system does Windows... and you're already wrong. The Windows part isn't what the subsystem does, it's what the subsystem is a subset of. The subsystem does Linux and it's part of Windows. Saying it's a Windows Subsystem for Linux implies it's something like WINE, only moved into the kernel, if you're old enough to remember the "personalities" concept.
- mehrdadn 8y agoAn alternative explanation for anyone who's still confused: it's one of Windows's potentially many subsystems -- i.e., it's Windows's Linux Subsystem -- and hence it's the Linux Subsystem for Windows, not the Windows Subsystem for Linux. That said, I think their interpretation was likely different: it's the =Windows subsystem that is meant for Linux, kind of like how earlier they had SUA, the (Windows) Subsystem (meant) for Unix-based Applications.