>I'll give you a technical reason: the Windows API isn't POSIX Is not POSIX is a technical reason? I have more problems between Linux distributions than betwee

>I'll give you a technical reason: the Windows API isn't POSIX Is not POSIX is a technical reason? I have more problems between Linux distributions than between Linux/Windows when it comes to programming. > If you've never felt this pain, be glad you missed the multi-decade low-level cross-platform programming nightmare. I started my professional career in 1999. I understand and worked at the time of cross-platform hell.