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		musicale on Jan 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple M1 Assembly Language Hello World The macOS kernel is Xnu or Darwin, not Linux. Try this on macOS vs. Linux: `uname -a` macOS system call numbers and interfaces are derived from (Free)BSD.

95014_refugee on Jan 16, 2021 [–]

Some, a long time ago. Others come from Mach, and there’s ~20 years worth of independent work and divergence between then and now...

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