    "Represents the operating system on which the current
     process is running."
    see (`value process`, `value runtime`, `value language`,
        `value system`)
    tagged("Environment")
    shared native object operatingSystem {

        "Returns the name of the operating system this process
         is running on: `linux`, `mac`, `unix`, `windows`, or
         `other`."
        shared native String name {
            if (exists os
                    = process.propertyValue("os.name")
                            ?.lowercased) {
                if ("win" in os) {
                    return "windows";
                }
                else if ("mac" in os) {
                    return "mac";
                }
                else if ("linux" in os) {
                    return "linux";
                }
                else if ("nix" in os
                  || "freebsd" in os
                  || "openbsd" in os
                   || "netbsd" in os
                    || "sunos" in os) {
                    return "unix";
                }
            }
            return "other";
        }

        "Returns the version of the operating system this
         process is running on or `Unknown` if it was not
         possible to retrieve that information. The result
         is completely dependent on the underlying system."
        shared native String version => "Unknown";

        "The line ending character sequence on this platform."
        shared native String newline;

        "The character used on this platform to separate the
         folder/file elements of a path."
        shared native String fileSeparator {
            assert (exists result
                = process.propertyValue("file.separator"));
            return result;
        }

        "The character used on this platform to use as a
         separator between several paths in a list of paths."
        shared native String pathSeparator {
            assert (exists result
                = process.propertyValue("path.separator"));
            return result;
        }

        string => "operating system [``name`` / ``version``]";
    }

    shared native("jvm") object operatingSystem {

        import java.lang {
            System
         }

        shared native("jvm") String version
                => process.propertyValue("os.version")
                    else "Unknown";

        shared native("jvm") String newline
                => System.lineSeparator();

    }

    shared native("js") object operatingSystem {

        shared native("js") String newline {
            assert (exists result
                = process.propertyValue("line.separator"));
            return result;
        }

    }