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Whenever an OS intentionally departs from POSIX, I'm curious which compatibility tradeoffs end up paying for themselves long-term. Which POSIX assumptions were responsible for the most architectural complexity, and have there been any surprising regressions from abandoning them? It'd also be interesting to know whether the new abstractions enabled capabilities that simply weren't practical under POSIX.
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- Whenever an OS intentionally departs from POSIX, I'm curious which compatibility tradeoffs end up paying for themselves long-term. Which POSIX assumptions were responsible for the most architectural complexity, and have there been any surprising regressions from abandoning them? It'd also be interesting to know whether the new abstractions enabled capabilities that simply weren't practical under POSIX.by lpsatwork