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I mean OpenBSD is hardly the first let alone only system which mandates going through libc (or equivalent) to interact with the OS.


Don't get me wrong, it makes perfect sense. And Go seems to aim more towards pragmaticism than OpenBSD's elegance and correctness.

OpenBSD is deciding to invent their own paintbrush without even looking at what other people are painting with, while Go took the closest bucket of paint and threw it on the floor, not realizing they were standing in a corner while doing so.

And I say that as a happy user of both.




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