there is also much to be said about splitting your application into many different pieces, but keeping a unified approach to application design so that the pieces may be understood via a unified mental model
i think some Unices (that i haven't really used enough to comment) do approach userspace design like this, but the GNU-plus-random-tools userspace you're much more likely to encounter definitely doesn't
why the actual fuck does Linux not have a syscall for /proc/self/maps
it is beyond ridiculous that the 2026 solution to "find out what my memory mappings are" is fucking fscanf
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