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Alternatively, use a UNIX that has the syscalls as the ABI.
by rjsw 2y ago
Alternatively, use a UNIX that has the syscalls as the ABI.
- actionfromafar 2y agoIsn't that Linux? And only Linux. Suddenly the GNU/Linux moniker makes a lot more sense. The Linux syscall interface is very stable. Glibc changes a lot. (But is at least very good at running old binaries.)
- rollcat 2y ago...or a stable/sane OS interface in general. While OpenBSD loves to break ABI between releases, source-level compat is actually great. Most porting issues I've ran into were careless instances of #ifdef __LINUX__ or similar.