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Re:Rust 1.17 by pjmlp on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:33AM (#14217063)
UNIX like is not the same as being UNIX.

UNIX is married with C by design, just how browsers are with JavaScript.

Actually you are right in one thing, if Redox offers POSIX support then it needs to sandbox them.

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Re:Rust 1.17 by mixedCase on Friday April 28, 2017 @08:59AM (#14218989)
In the context you said "Unix clones", it sounded pretty obvious you were including Linux in there. Linux is a "Unix-like" rather than an Unix.
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Re:Rust 1.17 by pjmlp on Friday April 28, 2017 @10:47AM (#14219776)
I was including Linux there, as it follows a standard UNIX architecture.

There is a big difference in having POSIX support and being a UNIX.

Windows, IBM i, IBM z/OS, Unysis MCA ClearPath, Green Hills INTEGRITY OS, Genode and many other OSes have POSIX support, yet their architectures have nothing to do with UNIX.

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