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 ## [[Hurd-specific Port|hurd/glibc]]
 
+An important part of the [[Hurd]] actually resides in glibc: here, the POSIX
+interfaces are implemented on top of the [[Hurd IPC protocols|hurd/interface]].
+This is different to the Linux port, where most simple POSIX interfaces are in
+fact simply forwarded to/implemented as [[system_call]]s.
+
 
 # Implementation Details