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Re:Go 1.16 will make system calls through Libc on OpenBSD by quotemstr on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:08AM (#26001079)
Libc is absolutely the official entry point: it's libc that implements POSIX interfaces, not the kernel. If POSIX isn't official, what is?

Making libc the stable support boundary has all sorts of advantages to an operating system and basically zero downside. Only vanity argues for doing it the Linux way.

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Re:Go 1.16 will make system calls through Libc on OpenBSD by tsimionescu on Tuesday February 02, 2021 @09:43AM (#26001476)
There are several popular libc variants on Linux. Which of them is official?

Also, Linux is not POSIX compliant and doesn't necessarily care about being. There are several important IO options on Linux that have nothing to do with POSIX.

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