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UNIX like is not the same as being UNIX.

UNIX is married with C by design, just how browsers are with JavaScript.

Actually you are right in one thing, if Redox offers POSIX support then it needs to sandbox them.




In the context you said "Unix clones", it sounded pretty obvious you were including Linux in there. Linux is a "Unix-like" rather than an Unix.


I was including Linux there, as it follows a standard UNIX architecture.

There is a big difference in having POSIX support and being a UNIX.

Windows, IBM i, IBM z/OS, Unysis MCA ClearPath, Green Hills INTEGRITY OS, Genode and many other OSes have POSIX support, yet their architectures have nothing to do with UNIX.




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