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Misunderstandings aside (I am fully up to speed on that), why do this and WSL each use "for" to mean "provides"? In most software contexts, the noun after the w
by hunter2_ 6y ago
Misunderstandings aside (I am fully up to speed on that), why do this and WSL each use "for" to mean "provides"? In most software contexts, the noun after the word "for" is the thing you already had, like "Word for Windows" et al.
- detaro 6y agoI assume this uses it purely to make fun of Windows. Windows has the concept of subsystems - technically the Win32 API is also just a subsystem around the NT kernel that provides the "Windows API". Windows NT also had one providing an OS/2 API, and one providing POSIX API - the latter later evolved into/was replaced by "Windows Services for UNIX" - assume there and with WSL the intent is to read it as "for Linux/UNIX applications". But why specifically this confusion phrasing is unclear, maybe they wanted to keep the "Windows" brand attached to the thing - i.e. treat "Windows Subsystem" and "Windows Services" as one term?