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- Attached is a version of the first page of the draft IEEE 1003.1
- Rationale and Notes Appendix. I am posting as the editor of that
- Rationale document, not as the moderator of comp.std.unix.
-
- If you know of obscure sections of the Trial Use Standard that
- need to be explained, or have other information related to the
- Rationale document, please send it to me as soon as possible.
-
- The next draft of the Rationale document will be distributed
- on or about 1 June 1987, one week before the Phoenix USENIX
- Conference, three weeks before the Seattle P1003.1 meeting.
- I will have copies at USENIX and in Seattle.
-
- It is not practical at this point for me to mail copies of the
- previous draft. However, if you are sufficiently interested,
- send me your name and address and I will attempt to get you on the
- list for the mailing of the next draft.
-
- The next draft may be the last one directly funded by /usr/group,
- and almost certainly will be the last to incorporate major changes
- in topics or organization. So it is advantageous to get your
- comments in soon, although theoretically changes can be made up
- until the draft Full Use Standard is ready for balloting.
-
-
- B. Rationale and Notes
-
- This appendix summarizes the deliberations of the IEEE
- P1003.1 Working Group, the committee charged by IEEE with
- devising an interface standard for a portable operating
- system for computer environments, IEEE Std 1003.1, also
- known as POSIX. This appendix is being developed under
- the sponsorship of /usr/group, the International Network
- of UNIX Systems Users, as part of an ongoing program of
- that association to support the IEEE 1003 Standards
- program efforts. It is being published along with the
- standard to assist in the process of review. It contains
- historical information concerning the contents of the
- standard and why features were included or discarded by the
- working group. It also contains notes of interest to
- application programmers on recommended programming
- practices, emphasizing the consequences of some aspects of
- the standard that may not be immediately apparent.
-
- Material for this Rationale Document should be submitted
- directly to:
-
- John S. Quarterman
- Texas Internet Consulting
- Suite 500, Room 31
- Austin Centre
- 701 Brazos
- Austin TX 78701-3243
- 512-320-9031
- decvax!seismo!ut-sally!jsq
-
- by electronic mail and US mail. If you have material that
- you think should be included in this document, please
- forward this immediately. Your help in doing so will be
- greatly appreciated, and will contribute to the quality and
- acceptance of this standard.
-
- UNAPPROVED DRAFT. All Rights Reserved by IEEE.
- Do not specify or claim conformance to this document.
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 11, Number 18
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