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by pjmlp 1444 days ago
Since we are getting pedantic, Linux isn't a UNIX.
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It's absurd you would call someone pedantic for saying malloc is in a library on linux after trying to say that malloc in a library on windows.
> Linux isn't a UNIX

I think this isn't quite right - I think some distributions are actually certified as UNIX.

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

I thought it was. Some distro (I forget the name) paid to be certified with The Open Group.