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Machine and abstract machine are both overloaded terms. If the set of system calls is considered the “ops” for your OS “machine”, characterizing it as an abstra
by aparsons 5y ago
Machine and abstract machine are both overloaded terms. If the set of system calls is considered the “ops” for your OS “machine”, characterizing it as an abstract machine is not incorrect.
- tenebrisalietum 5y agoIsn't that kind of like saying a collection of function prototypes or HTTP query strings define an abstract machine? It doesn't, the "machine" is already defined and the API is already working within it - it's just the rules/ABI you need to follow to marshal data to and from code on another side.