.. function:: system()
- Returns the system/OS name, e.g. ``'Linux'``, ``'Windows'``, or ``'Java'``. An
- empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
+ Returns the system/OS name, such as ``'Linux'``, ``'Darwin'``, ``'Java'``,
+ ``'Windows'``. An empty string is returned if the value cannot be determined.
.. function:: system_alias(system, release, version)
using :program:`gcc`.
The file is read and scanned in chunks of *chunksize* bytes.
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