Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!achilleus.austin.ibm.com!dls From: dls@achilleus.austin.ibm.com (David Skeen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: AIX vs standard unix Message-ID: <8191@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 5 Jun 91 00:39:30 GMT References: <11640@ncar.ucar.edu> <1991Jun3.173646.25682@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Reply-To: dls@dce.austin.ibm.com Organization: IBM Austin (PSP) Lines: 12 In article <11640@ncar.ucar.edu>, pack@acd.uucp (Daniel Packman) writes: > Some of the differences in AIX seem perverse (eg, why not spell it f77 > instead of xlf?) It's important to note that xlf is NOT f77; that's not a mere spelling difference, the name change was justified. I am not an official IBM spokesman. -- Dave Skeen IBM Internal: dls@achilleus.austin.ibm.com D61/803 Zip 2603 IBM VNET: SKEEN at AUSTIN Austin, TX 78758 Internet: dls@dce.austin.ibm.com