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		bananabreakfast on Jan 15, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple M1 Assembly Language Hello World Small nitpick, but the macOS kernel is actually called XNU which is a hybrid of Mach and FreeBSD.

reaperducer on Jan 15, 2021 [–]

the macOS kernel is actually called XNU

Since you seem knowledgeable about these things, how does one pronounce "XNU?"

Is it "ex-en-you" or "zznoo" or "she-no" or something else?

glhaynes on Jan 15, 2021 | | [–]

Fairly certain I've heard it as "ex-noo". But it could just be that I've said it in my head that way forever!

joshspankit on Jan 16, 2021 | | [–]

ZA-na-doo

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