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zvrba on April 12, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: On libunwind and dynamically generated code on x86...

>It so happens that the Windows API gets this right,

This is my general impression on Win vs Linux: Windows offers more fundamental services as a core OS component, whereas Linux delegates this to a hodge-podge of competing and mutually incompatible user-space components. (Examples: tracing (ETW), transactional database (BlueJet/ESE), etc).

userbinator on April 12, 2016 [–]

Dynamic linking is the other big one. Windows had DLLs from the beginning, all the various Unices didn't and it's always looked like a bit of an afterthought to me.

zvrba on April 13, 2016 | [–]

Windows DLLs are not position-independent though. This has its advantages and disadvantages.

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