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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:26:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] mmap
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> > I forget who said it, and the local firewall won't allow me to search
> > the online copy of /sys/games/lib/fortunes, but there should be a line
> > there about Linux having 200+ system calls, most of them emulatable
> > with mmap().
> >
> what nonsense is that?

/sys/games/lib/fortunes:4184: A handful of characteristics of Unix are responsible for its resilience. First, Unix is simple: whereas some operating systems implement thousands of system calls and have unclear design goals, Unix systems typically implement only hundreds of system calls and have a very clear design. -- Linux Kernel Development, 2nd Ed. by Robert Love

- erik