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Re:Building a Minimalistic Virtual Machine by donnowhy on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:15PM (#34940004)
I have not ever studied POSIX academically (curricularly) but:

> a small set of minimalistic APIs that remain stable over time

but from what I've gathered (over years, by 'osmosis'). Isn't this the essential idea behind POSIX?

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Re:Building a Minimalistic Virtual Machine by maxime_cb on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:19PM (#34940034)
Yes, but POSIX doesn't provide APIs for graphics or audio, for example, even though these things are necessary to build a lot of end-user software.
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