@pikuma Agree, I just had to implement mmap/madvise/munmap on a system that lacked it and goddamn, that rabbit hole made me realize how much complexity modern OS’s hide from us even at the C / POSIX level.

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• Author: Adam Simmons (@adamjsimmons)
• Posted: 2024-06-30 02:16:47

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Agree, I just had to implement mmap/madvise/munmap on a system that lacked it and goddamn, that rabbit hole made me realize how much complexity modern OS’s hide from us even at the C / POSIX level.

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