I switched to Windows 18 months ago and continue to be happy. Only complaint is devs gratuitously ignoring windows support.
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"Certified Unix" is like an MCSE certification for software.
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If people target Linux, SAY Linux. Do not contribute to the semantic mushiness which is already rife.
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I put unix in quotes ("for this" referring to interop). Was responding to someone who said "interop with Unix"
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People target nothing specific. They just add workarounds for platforms they feel morally willing to work with.
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Example: WSL is closer to Linux than OSX is. But people are morally unwilling to add WSL workarounds. Why?
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Can you give an examples of WSL workarounds required? I thought it'd be largely POSIX compliant, which is a reasonable target IMO
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WSL shouldn't be targeting POSIX per se - it should be targeting Linux. Workarounds for stuff that works on Linux proper are bugs in WSL.
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Except that people do workarounds en masse for POSIX inconsistencies in OSX. You can say "not my problem", or you can do what pepole ...
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