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From: lewine@dg.dg.com (Don Lewine)
Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee
Subject: Re: ISO vs. FIPS
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Date: 7 Aug 90 13:03:59 GMT
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In article <116179@linus.mitre.org> cazier@mbunix.mitre.org (Cazier) writes:
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>Is FIPS 151-1 a proper subset of ISO 9945 or are there items in FIPS 151-1
>that do not exist in the ISO version?

FIPS 151-1 is based on IEEE std 1003.1-1988 while ISO 9945 is based on
(is identical to) IEEE std 1003.1-1990.  There are a number of technical
changes which could cause a program that worked under 151 to fail under
ISO 9945.

ISO 9945 also has various options.  FIPS 151-1 mandates the setting of these
options.

Since ISO 9945 is newer than FIPS 151-1, there are symbols in 99945 that
are not in 151-1.

				Donald Lewine
				uunet!dg!lewine