Playing sound in C++ using native system calls?

Question

So in Windows, you can use the PlaySound function to play an MP3 file in a C++ application. What would be some similar functions available for use in Mac OS X/Linux? I would also appreciate it if you could link to some sample Hello-World type programs demonstrating this.

Answer 1

You can just open("/dev/dsp") and write to it. That's as "native syscall" as you can get, I believe.