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From: ahby@uinj.UI.ORG (Shane McCarron)
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Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.5: Ada bindings
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Date: 24 Jun 90 01:47:10 GMT
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From:  ahby@uinj.UI.ORG (Shane McCarron)

> From:  Doug Gwyn <gwyn@smoke.brl.mil>
> 
> Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I thought the specific task of
> 1003.5 was to provide Ada-language bindings to 1003.1, not to
> add functionality.

Remember the history of POSIX.1.  We have a standard which should have
been specified in a language independent manner.  If that had been
done, a number of the functions that are in the standard would not be
there, or would be in the C bindings section.  They are convenience
functions for C.  Likewise, there will be convenience functions for
other languages.  Ada is particularly nasty, for all the obvious
reasons.

Someday there will be a language independent 1003.1 specification.  It
will detail the real functionality of the underlying system in such a
way that it will be clear to people doing language bindings which
features they must include.  Until then, there will continue to be
confusion on the subject.

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