Philippe Gaultier 2/2/2025

The missing cross-platform OS API for timers

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This technical article explores the lack of a standardized, cross-platform operating system API for timers. It compares timer implementations across Windows (SetTimer, CreateWaitableTimer), POSIX (timer_create), Linux (timerfd_create), BSD (kqueue), Illumos (port_create), and macOS (dispatch_source), highlighting the complexity for developers writing portable, event-driven software in C.

The missing cross-platform OS API for timers

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