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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: portable malloc
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:09:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:52:59 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:17:10 +0000, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:51:30 +0100, Vir Campestris wrote:
>>
>>> Because some implementations will require communication with the OS
>>> there cannot be a truly portable malloc.
>>
>> There can if you have a portable OS API. The only serious candidate for
>> that is POSIX.
> 
> POSIX is an environment not an OS.

Guess what the “OS” part of “POSIX” stands for.