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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: POSIX, compatibility with (was: Re: File Truncation Philosophy
Date: 11 May 1993 22:24:22 +0930
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lukka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tuomas J Lukka) writes:
> There is *no* system
> in existance which is STRICTLY posix, each and every one of them
> have extensions. The program has to be written to be posix-compliant
> and tobe prepared for every contingency.
:-) Why does this remind me of Pascal?
- mark
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