> I mostly agree with that ... I just think that effort is what Adam was
 > referring to as putting lipstick on a pig.
 > 
 > My understanding of the rationale is that it's better to have access
 > to a raw, undoctored syscall interface when you really need it, than
 > to have a prettified interface that might not let you see all the
 > details when you want to.
 > 
 > In other words, a better answer might be to create an "abi" provider
 > that maps into the stable programming interface, and leave syscall
 > alone.

Fair enough.  As long as there's some way for someone to write a script
that corresponds to the documented "system" calls without having to rely
on implementation artifacts.

-- 
meem
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