[openbeos] Re: posix compatibility

  • From: Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott@xxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 06:47:35 +0100

i am very sorry for this newbie question, but i have read POSIX so many times
now, but i still have no idea what its all about.
Since you you mentioned it in one sentence with ANSI C, its probably a
programming standard, am I right?

Martin

11.03.2002 19:44:08, "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> That is yet to be determined. 
>>> I would *guess* some mixture of both.
>>> Example - strcpy. Obviously, you need it for POSIX compatability. But
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>>That's a poorly choosen example. You need strcpy for ANSI/ISO C
>>compatibility, not for POSIX compatibility.
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>>manuel,
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>My reference was the O'Reilly book "Posix Programmer's Guide".
>I personally have never read the Posix spec, but I will assume that you have
>and agree with you. :-)
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