API : Operating system :: Library : Framework

· Bits and Bobs 6/9/25
  • API : Operating system :: Library : Framework
    • The main difference in both is: Is the 3P stuff on the inside or outside?
    • People use "platform" to talk about any of these meanings (less often library), but they have very different power dynamics.
    • "Platform" means "a thing that the things on top could not exist without."

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