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iOS is based on OS X/Darwin which is in turn based on BSD.
by ac29 13y ago
iOS is based on OS X/Darwin which is in turn based on BSD.
- Arelius 13y agoDarwin itself uses very little BSD code. It's built on Mach. OS X does however import much of the BSD userland, but I don't even know if much of that makes it into iOS. I think it'd be a fair guess to say that iOS likely contains very little BSD Unix code.
- mdwrigh2 13y agoFor what it's worth, Android also uses a lot of BSD userspace code (see toolbox).