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Classic Episode: What is an Operating System? (Remastered)

Kopec Explains Software

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Different Operating Systems Provide Different APIs

There are ways to build what we call cross-platform apps. People tend to specialize as programmers in one operating system or another if they build desktop or mobile apps. The key takeaway is that it's really a niche and a specialization being an expert in each of the individual operating systems API's.

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