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- From: Richard Tobin <richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk>
-
- >>"... The term POSIX is expected to be pronounced pahz-icks, as in positive,
- >>not poh-six, or other variations."
-
- >Note that this assertion appears only in the rationale and the foreword,
- >not in the body of the standard. This is because the committee could not
- >standardize a pronunciation
-
- Just as well, especially considering that in much of the English-speaking
- world "positive" certainly does not begin with "pah".
-
- -- Richard
- --
- Richard Tobin, JANET: R.Tobin@uk.ac.ed
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- Volume-Number: Volume 19, Number 104
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