For those unfamiliar, confused, or otherwise opposed to the naming of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, I would highly suggest reading chapter 2 of Windows Inter

For those unfamiliar, confused, or otherwise opposed to the naming of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, I would highly suggest reading chapter 2 of Windows Internals: Seventh Edition, which describes how Windows supported POSIX and OS/2 through its "subsystem" model, and how WSL fits into that model and what additional changes were required. The naming of "Windows Subsystem for Linux" makes perfect sense in this Windows OS centric context.