This is caring about developers, just that you don't understand it.
This is caring about developers, just that you don't understand it.
I think you're hugely overstating the importance of POSIX, not to mention downplaying the fact that POSIX really isn't sufficient requirement to not have to do any code porting.
Those layers would have to be reimplemented to retain compatibility.
> I think you're hugely overstating the importance of POSIX.
People generally understate importance of POSIX, just because it's old. It's impossible to get APIs perfect and you are throwing away decades of work in the name of getting APIs "right". No one is going to rewrite everything from scratch, just because the new APIs look shiny. For reference read about Unix wars[1].