Does Linux have a shared library that exports OS functions?
msvcrt.dll -> libc.so.6
kernel32.dll -> ?
Does Linux have a shared library that exports OS functions? msvcrt.dll -> libc.so.6 kernel32.dll
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Does Linux have a shared library that exports OS functions?
msvcrt.dll -> libc.so.6
kernel32.dll -> ?
‘kernel32.dll’ would also translate to libc.so.6. Since Windows is not POSIX on its lowest level, it needs an additional layer to translate POSIX libc calls into native Win32 calls. This is what msvcrt.dll is for. Kernel32.dll contains the lowest level calls. On Linux, those system calls are already POSIX, so no extra library needed.