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-[CharlesDarwin] was the father of evolutionary biology. See also [Evolution].
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-I believe you'll find the Darwin being referred to in relation to [MacOSX] (pronounced "Mackoss Ten" or something like that).
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-OS
" that includes the [Mach] micro-[Kernel] and a (mostly [FreeBSD]-derived) UserSpace. Hence
the claim that MacOSX is "
Unix"
. On top of this sits all the OSX
graphics environment ([Aqua]) and the programming [API]s [Cocoa] and the older [Carbon]. These APIs
don't really use the unix
way of doing things -
for example, OSX
has its own "!NetInfo" service for resolving things instead of using /etc/passwd or /etc/hosts.
+Darwin is the "base" OperatingSystem
that includes the [Mach] micro-[Kernel] and a [BSD]-compatible
(mostly [FreeBSD]-derived) UserSpace – hence
the claim that [
MacOSX]
is Unix. On top of this sits all the [MacOSX]
graphics environment ([Aqua]) and the programming [API]s [Cocoa] and the older [Carbon]. These [API]s
don't really use the Unix
way of doing things –
for example, [MacOSX]
has its own "!NetInfo" service for resolving things instead of using <tt>
/etc/passwd</tt>
or <tt>
/etc/hosts</tt>
.
