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From: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)
Newsgroups: comp.std.unix
Subject: POSIX vs. X/Open
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Date: 10 Jul 89 03:06:32 GMT
Reply-To: apple!netcom!hinton (Greg Hinton)
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From: apple!netcom!hinton (Greg Hinton)

Would someone please explain the differences between POSIX & X/Open?
They look to me like they're very much duplicating each other's efforts
& coming up with almost identical results.  That is, IEEE 1003.1 looks
like XSI 2 & IEEE 1003.2 looks like XSI 1.
Am I overlooking something?


Greg Hinton
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