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by int_19h 2860 days ago
> Go 1.11 supports the upcoming OpenBSD 6.4 release. Due to changes in the OpenBSD kernel, older versions of Go will not work on OpenBSD 6.4.

I wonder when Go is planning to stop using the kernel ABI on BSDs and macOS directly - in direct contradiction to stability guarantees (or lack thereof) by those platforms - and start using the appropriate APIs, such as libc. Or is it going to be stuff like this or https://github.com/golang/go/issues/16606 forever? Right now, I stay away from Go partly because of this - it feels like a bad idea to use a software stack that is guaranteed to be broken on future OS releases by design. Especially when that stack is advertised specifically for system programming...
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mseepgood 2860 days ago
https://golang.org/doc/go1.11#runtime

"On macOS and iOS, the runtime now uses libSystem.so instead of calling the kernel directly. This should make Go binaries more compatible with future versions of macOS and iOS."

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int_19h 2860 days ago
Good to see this getting fixed for macOS; but then why not on BSD as well?
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