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2049 points bpierre | 1 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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otterley ◴[30 Mar 16 17:27 UTC] No.11391114[source]▶
To clarify, it sounds like what Microsoft has added to Windows 10 is a Linux ABI.

This has been done before with other x86 OSes: FreeBSD has had 32-bit ABI compatibility for at least a decade (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/linuxemu.html), and the "lx branded zone" for Solaris has it as well (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/817-1592/gchhy/index.ht...).

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1. rottyguy ◴[30 Mar 16 18:58 UTC] No.11391965[source]▶
I think this was a smart balance between getting it out there and seeing if it will stick. Someone said POSIX went by the wayside some time back so they may be a little hesitant in jumping all in. If this gets adoption, they can improve upon it in a future release.