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1. bluefl+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-10-27 18:07:46
> OpenBSD treating libc as the interface with the kernel instead of syscalls being the interface with the kernel

Which is a reasonable thing, given that the libc interface is defined by a widely used IEEE standard while the kernel interface is not.

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2. Consca+eN[view] [source] 2023-10-27 22:39:56
>>bluefl+(OP)
libC is an extremely leaky abstraction. Programming to it assumes you have a runtime that supports constructor functions, POSIX errno and locale, a global heap allocator singleton, and more. The design space of _Hello World_ is massively constrained by libC.
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