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535 points raddad | 2 comments | 30 Mar 16 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.438s | source

1. javanix ◴[30 Mar 16 16:32 UTC] No.11390502[source]▶

I'll be very curious to the the source of this native-Windows port.

2. saulr ◴[30 Mar 16 16:37 UTC] No.11390569[source]▶

I don't think bash itself has been ported, it's simply running under a Linux subsystem. I imagine it's similar to the discontinued POSIX and UNIX[2] subsystems. In this case, bash probably believes that it's running in on Linux, not that it's been ported over to compile in Windows.

[1] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem

[2] https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

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