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From a linked page: > Thanks to Linus Torvalds, we not only have a consensus on architecture, but we've come pretty close to having a consensus on the input ou

From a linked page: > Thanks to Linus Torvalds, we not only have a consensus on architecture, but we've come pretty close to having a consensus on the input output mechanism by which programs communicate with their host machines, via the SYSCALL instruction. He accomplished that by sitting at home in a bathrobe sending emails to huge corporations, getting them to agree to devote their resources to creating something beautifully opposite to tragedy of the commons. Could someone explain this to me?

enriquto 6y ago
It's explained later: by gluing together the binary interfaces that've already achieved a decades-long consensus, and ignoring the APIs For a link with the actual numbers: https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan/blob/667ab245fe0326972b7da52a95da97125d61c8cf/libc/sysv/consts.sh https://github.com/jart/cosmopolitan/blob/667ab245fe0326972b...