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by trinix912 519 days ago
> Sounds like Worse Is Betterâ„¢: operating systems that tried to present safer abstractions were at a disadvantage compared to operating systems that shipped whatever was easiest to implement.

What about the Windows API? Windows is a pretty successful OS with a less leaky FS abstraction. I know it's a totally different deal than POSIX (files can't be devices etc), the FS function calls require a seemingly absurd number of arguments, but it does seem safer and clearer what's going to happen.