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by matheusmoreira 15 days ago
> Your only dependency would be on the mapping to syscall numbers.

These are unstable in every operating system other than Linux.

I've written about it:

https://www.matheusmoreira.com/articles/linux-system-calls

Linux is the only kernel that promises stability in this area. On every other operating system, one must program against the system libraries.