Posix vs. Windows

[Mehrdad]

On Friday, 18 May 2012 at 16:53:54 UTC, Alex Rønne Petersen 
wrote:
> On 18-05-2012 18:42, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 09:37:23AM -0700, Sean Kelly wrote:
>> [...]
>>> If you're targeting Windows then use Windows APIs, if Posix 
>>> then
>>> Posix.  Windows does claim Posix support, but it's really 
>>> pretty
>>> terrible and Druntime doesn't have declarations for the Posix 
>>> Windows
>>> interface anyway.
>>
>> Does Windows conform to the Posix spec at all? I highly doubt 
>> it, esp.
>> some parts that just goes against how Windows works.
>>
>>
>> T
>>
>
> Try doing fork() on Windows. ;)

I believe Interix (i.e. Windows POSIX subsystem) handles it 
perfectly well, although that's not at all related to what I was 
asking about haha.