Comment by throw0101a
Comment by throw0101a 2 days ago
> Linux and the popular Linux distributions are not POSIX compliant to begin with.
While not (entirely) wrong, not entirely correct either.
Good luck trying to compile and run any kind of software without providing getaddrinfo(), socket(), connect(), etc to userland:
* https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699969599/functions/g...
> Good luck trying to compile and run any kind of software without providing getaddrinfo(), socket(), connect(), etc
I'm working on a freestanding lisp language with built in Linux system call support at least in part because I want to to prove that this sort of thing is possible. No legacy interfaces will be provided and yet I have no doubt in my mind that one day it will be able to everything you mentioned and much more.