Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!jbc From: domo@tsa.co.uk (Dominic Dunlop) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Report on ISO POSIX meeting of June 1990 Message-ID: <9999@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 12 Jul 90 11:36:58 GMT References: <796@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: jbc@cs.utexas.edu Reply-To: domo@tsa.co.uk Organization: The Standard Answer Ltd. Lines: 35 Approved: jbc@cs.utexas.edu (Guest Moderator, John B. Chambers) From: Dominic Dunlop In article <796@longway.TIC.COM> Dominic Dunlop (that's me) writes of the forthcoming IS 9945-1 (POSIX operating system interface): > Its technical content will be identical to that of > ANSI/IEEE Std. 1003.1:1988, so implementors following > the U.S. standard can be assured of ISO compliance when > 9945-1 finally sees the light of day. I also say the same thing later: >Where all does this leave us? With no published >international standard as yet, but with a very good prospect >of having one this year. Until it arrives, keep using the >bilious green book, IEEE std. 1003.1:1988, as its technical >content is identical to that of the eventual ISO standard. A couple of people have pointed out to me that this ain't strictly so: a few small changes have crept in. If you say ``almost identical'', you're more correct -- if a little more worried. This year's revision of 1003.1 will bring it exactly into line with the eventual ISO standard. I have asked the respondents to make postings to this group summarizing the technical differences between the published ANSI/IEEE standard, and the ANSI/IEEE and ISO standards expected to be published later this year. (Thanks in advance.) -- Dominic Dunlop Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 123