It's absurd you would call someone pedantic for saying malloc is in a library on linux after trying to say that malloc in a library on windows.

> Linux isn't a UNIX

I think this isn't quite right - I think some distributions are actually certified as UNIX.

https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

I thought it was. Some distro (I forget the name) paid to be certified with The Open Group.