Re: Command Languages Versus Programming Languages

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 16:21:20 +0200
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> boring babbled:

On 13.10.2024 16:03, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:

On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:29:00 +0200
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> boring babbled:

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On 13.10.2024 10:18, Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org wrote:

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I disagree. Modern linux reminds me a lot of SunOS and HP-UX from back in
the day. Not something that can be said for MacOS with its role-our-own
Apple specific way of doing pretty much everything.

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I've never programmed on Mac OS X (if the discussion is about that)
but since its kernel is based on a BSD system it doesn't seem to be

 
It isn't. Its a Mach kernel with a BSD compat layer on top. [...]

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I've ever only heared that it's based on FreeBSD. From Wikipedia I'm
getting told that the contemporary Darwin (Apple's Unix) was derived
from FreeBSD, supplemented by OpenBSD, NetBSD, and own parts. Anyway,
not worth a dispute (as far as I am concerned).

Its a common misconception. MacOS has nothing to do with FreeBSD other than
Apple nicked a lot of user layer and posix code from them back in the day.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel)