> > I forget who said it, and the local firewall won't allow me to search > > the online copy of /sys/games/lib/fortunes, but there should be a line > > there about Linux having 200+ system calls, most of them emulatable > > with mmap(). > > > what nonsense is that?
/sys/games/lib/fortunes:4184: A handful of characteristics of Unix are responsible for its resilience. First, Unix is simple: whereas some operating systems implement thousands of system calls and have unclear design goals, Unix systems typically implement only hundreds of system calls and have a very clear design. -- Linux Kernel Development, 2nd Ed. by Robert Love - erik
