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Why not a modern language like Go, Dart, Rust?

These languages have much of what Unit provides and don't work easily everywhere like C does.

Why not in C++?

C++ was also considered as it is as well supported as C and provides better object controls. Since Unit uses a much simpler object model it was felt that C++ would encourage application developers to use a mixed style that would not make better applications.

Why no inheritance?

Unit has been designed using composition instead of inheritance. This is helped by making objects as light weight as possible.

Can I make a dynamic library of Unit?

It would be technically possible to compile Unit as a dynamic library, however the supported way of using it is to compile it into your application instead. A dynamic library would be less efficient as it would contain code that is not used and be less optimised for the particular way the application uses it.

Do you support other free operating systems?

Unit is defined as a Linux toolkit, however changes to support other similar operating systems (BSD, Fuschia etc) will be accepted as long as they can be reasonably maintained.

Do you support Windows / macOS?

It's not the goal of Unit to be cross platform, but this is an interesting case if it can be done in a way that is manageable.

What do I do if there is a security bug in Unit?

You need to monitor Unit for bugs like this and rebuild and redeploy your software if this occurs. This is the cost of using a source based toolkit and relies on application developers being able to respond quickly.

How can I help?

The best way to contribute it to use Unit, feedback any issues/ideas through the GitHub project and make pull requests for changes.