Re: [tlug] A mac linux question

[Matt Doughty <mdoughty@example.com>]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 09:22:33AM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> Pietro Zuco:
> > MacOS X is unix base isn't it? So maybe is easier to make a like wine emulator 
> > for mac than for windows.
> 
> Uhm. Maybe.
> 

IIRC It is *BSD userland grafted on to some crossbreed kernel that is 
using mach for all the fun low level service stuff(threads, IPC, virtually
memory management etc.)[1] Above that you have the proprietary Quartz
graphics layer.  Add to that the fun Classic/Carbon/Cocoa API stuff, and
I would say emulation is probably a ways off.  You are better off with
wine, or buying a Mac. ;)

--Matt

[1] I honestly don't understand how the kernel is constructed completely.