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by telent 4960 days ago
> The Linux kernel itself is a remarkably stable system as far as ABI/API is concerned

If we're talking about userland applications, the Linux kernel A[BP]Is have IME historically been more stable than the Glibc interfaces (which are supposedly the "supported" interfaces) layered atop them.

In-kernel interfaces for binary-only modules are a different kettle of fish altogether.