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> It's the only system where you can do this. Linux is the only kernel with a stable user space interface. The system call numbers are stable on most unixes (i
by geocar 4y ago
> It's the only system where you can do this. Linux is the only kernel with a stable user space interface.
The system call numbers are stable on most unixes (including XNU/Darwin). It's just Windows that doesn't have stable syscall numbers.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoI used to think that too but it turned out Linux really is the only kernel with this property. I have written about this subject in more detail here: https://www.matheusmoreira.com/linux/system-calls https://www.matheusmoreira.com/linux/system-calls