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From: guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: AT&T/Sun merged UNIX (was: UNIX to be rewritten in C++)
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Date: 27 Jan 88 02:46:08 GMT
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(Redirecting to comp.unix.wizards; at this point it has far more to do with
UNIX than C++.)

> >I specifically asked Bill Joy about the merging of incompatible Unix
> >features at the Sun Convention, and he stated that all the design
> >specification work had already been done.  Specifically, Sockets are
> >to be replaced by Streams, and BSD job control is to be cleaned up.
> 
> While I agree with these two cases, I sure hope that whatever is
> done will track the POSIX FIPS (and ANSI C) specs.  Otherwise we
> really won't care what the system is like, we won't be buying any.

I don't know why people fear that the merged UNIX would *not* do either of
those.  For instance, a lot of the cleanup of BSD job control will probably be
adoption of POSIX job control....

(Disclaimer: I do not speak officially here for AT&T nor for Sun.)
	Guy Harris
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