Put it in laymen's terms

[Robert Levin]

On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Nate wrote:

> You're telling me about law again.  What is a function? What is a system
> call?
> 
> Thank you.

Sorry about that.  Sometimes people do miss the question.  A function is a
contained piece of code called by some other piece of code.  A system call
is a request made to the operating system to perform some action.  It may
ultimately call a function inside the operating system, but system call
"functionality" is generally hidden from the user.


Rob Levin
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