The kernel and the C library as a single project [LWN.net]

The kernel and the C library as a single project

Posted Dec 1, 2010 11:21 UTC (Wed) by mjthayer (guest, #39183)
In reply to: The kernel and the C library as a single project by rleigh
Parent article: The kernel and the C library as a single project

> Historically, the C library on Linux has provided the low-level system call interface, the POSIX functions (which wrap the system calls for the most part) and the standard C functions. Why do we need all these disparate parts in a single library?

I was just about to voice those very thoughts.