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My point had nothing to do with OS X being Unix (TM). It's just that OS X is a different platform than Linux and it shouldn't be surprising that things don't wo
by adestefan 14y ago
My point had nothing to do with OS X being Unix (TM). It's just that OS X is a different platform than Linux and it shouldn't be surprising that things don't work the same way even though they're both Unix-y.
When Linux started to take over for old Unix workstations around the 2002-2004 time frame a lot of the old Solaris people would complain that "Linux doesn't have truss" or that "Linux's RPC headers are completely FUBAR." I would imagine they'd say even more vile things about OS X even though it has some fancy stamp of Unix approval.
- pjmlp 14y agoThis is what many kids that only know Linux don't get. UNIX != Linux, and it is sometimes a real pain to use. I had to visit customers with HP-UX installations that were a time travel to the 70's.
- vacri 14y agoYour point seems rather self-evident then, since the author is complaining about the low-level functionality of the different platforms.