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- Submitted-by: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F Haugh II)
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- In article <1991May11.184228.15157@uunet.uu.net> ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) writes:
- >It was certainly my understanding that a formal standard like an ISO standard
- >must contain enough information that you could give it to a Martian who had
- >never even heard of, say, UNIX, let alone used it, but was otherwise well
- >versed in computer technology, and he/she/it should be able to write a
- >conforming implementation. Stronger yet, if something is not mentioned
- >in the standard, even if it perhaps should have been, implementers should
- >be free to include it or not include it at their own discretion.
-
- In the strictest sense I am certain you are right. However, that doesn't
- mean anyone is going to buy whatever you produce. A POSIX-compliant CP/M
- is still just CP/M ...
-
- I think the POSIX standards are lacking in detail. A number of vendors
- that I am familiar with are trying to get their non-UNIX-compatible O/S
- made POSIX compliant. Some of them may succeed, but I don't think they
- will have the commercial success similiar to what a UNIX-compatible and
- POSIX-compliant O/S will.
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