[TUHS] ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection

Steffen Nurpmeso steffen at sdaoden.eu
Thu Jun 27 23:57:19 AEST 2024


Clem Cole wrote in
 <CAC20D2OP0=WbCydQj8g4VafRkn6ZwK-Wf9k0GAK0nLHXP295RA at mail.gmail.com>:
 |rms had nothing to do with the name posix.  I have no idea where that
 |comment came from.

This is from the POSIX standard itself, its "Introduction"al
clause to be exact, which claims, though,

  This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 1003.1™-2024, IEEE
  Standard for Information Technology—Portable Operating System
  Interface (POSIX™)—Base Specifications, Issue 8.

 |The p1003 committee for Ieee was the portable operating system standard and
 |at the time adding ix was the norm.  POSIX became the term we all used to
 |refer to the work we doing.  Rms was not involved in any way
 |
 |Clem

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)


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