Posix API
Its been more or less standard for a couple of decades now which means like unlike the devs using the latest fad-of-the-month language or platform I don't have to waste my time learning a new API to do the same thing, and can just get on with solving the problem at hand instead of finding out how to use this months badly reinvented wheel (oh look , its got 5 sides this time instead of 4, AND they've shaved down the corners for a smoother ride! Yippee!).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
