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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Standardization of Minix.
Message-ID: <3041@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 23 Aug 89 10:25:59 GMT
References: <67@tor.nhh.no>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <67@tor.nhh.no> edb_tom@tor.nhh.no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo) writes:
>A couple of observations regarding non-standard details in Minix:
>
>- The FILE struct used in our stdio uses different levels of
>  indirection from the normal "standard".  Also, the members
>  of the struct have wrong names.  Shouldn't this be fixed,

Things that are visible to programmers, like names of members that are
defined in official header files should move toward the standard.  Internal
details should not, lest AT&T get unhappy that MINIX is becoming UNIX.


>- Then there's the old problem with not having ".o" files.
I will try to see if I can arrange for a separate assembler and linker
next time (2.0).  This will produce .o files.  This is an intention, not a
promise.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)