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This is definitely a nitpick, and I catch myself saying the same thing as well, but Mac OS X (since Leopard) is a Unix. Certified Unix 03. There is no need to s
by crymer11 13y ago
This is definitely a nitpick, and I catch myself saying the same thing as well, but Mac OS X (since Leopard) is a Unix. Certified Unix 03. There is no need to say "Unix / Linux / Mac OSX", just "Unix/Linux" or even better, "Unix/Linux/BSD".
- derleth 13y ago> just "Unix/Linux" or even better, "Unix/Linux/BSD". Or just "Unix", because there is no functional difference between the OSes that legally get to call themselves "Unix" and those that don't which derives solely from their rights to a name. Or, to put it another way, how is z/OS more similar to MacOS X than NetBSD is?
- pjmlp 13y agoExcept those little POSIX functions that tend to have platform specific or undefined behavior.
- eruditely 13y agoThe point of language is communication, not functional expressive equivalency. A good chunk of people would miss the Unix = OSX.
- Arelius 13y ago> "Unix/Linux/BSD" How is that better? BSD is at least as much Unix as OSX.
- crymer11 13y agoFreeBSD (and Darwin) are not UNIXes, despite being compatible, since they aren't certified. Unless you fork over some change for the certification, the best you can be is "Unix-like".