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by ffwff 2364 days ago
POSIX-like, not entirely POSIX! There are basic IO syscalls, and some process management calls, but overall I try to take unix as a guideline rather than trying to reimplement one entirely. I also try to take inspiration from other kernels (like fattr (which is equivalent to GetFileAttributes from WinNT), and spawnv from DOS/WinNT).

I guess I should reword it :/
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tyingq 2364 days ago
Google's Fuchsia has a similar approach to Posix (no fork, signals, etc). Maybe some of their wording would be of use?

https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/docs/+/refs/changes/56/1013...

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yjftsjthsd-h 2364 days ago
That's fair. And to be clear, reading "POSIX-like" makes me expect it to act like a unix, but that hardly means that you should be bound to follow that exactly:) If you wanted to set expectations a bit, maybe "partially POSIX-inspired, with other influences from $FOO and $BAR" would be clearer?
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