True...it would seem that the POSIX act was a feeble attempt at truly making
a one-size-fits-all OS.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T Darnell [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:43 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: OT: Linux
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> True or not?:
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> Posix compliance, if 100%, would enable 100% portability of code between
> any two 100% Posix compliant OSes regardless of hardware, assuming that
> only POSIX compliant APIs were used, and any third party stuff called was
> the same on both systems.
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> I doubt this has ever occurred. Witness EDI "standards" that in my
> experience are never used right out of the box (that is, without twidlling
> and massaging).
>
> -dtd
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> [log in to unmask] on 11/21/2001 09:48:00 AM
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> (snipped for brevity)
> Not sure how much good "Posix compliance" does one in the real world these
> days.
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