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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2820 comp.os.linux.misc:20282 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!jconklin From: jconklin@netcom.com (J.T. Conklin) Subject: Re: I hope this won't ignite a major flame war, but I've got to know! Message-ID: <jconklinCtJwMH.CKB@netcom.com> Organization: Winning Strategies, Inc. References: <30drlt$7tc@news.u.washington.edu> <newcombe.351.00A6A2B3@aa.csc.peachnet.edu> <mrg.774688509@dynamo> <311a16$eog@nntp2.stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 14:08:41 GMT Lines: 23 In article <311a16$eog@nntp2.stanford.edu>, Chuck Karish <karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU> wrote: >In article <mrg.774688509@dynamo>, matthew green <mrg@mame.mu.OZ.AU> wrote: >>byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes: >>>Well Linux is Posix compliant which means it has features of >>>both SV and BSD but favors SV. >> >>to me, you're hinting that netbsd and freebsd are not posix >>compliant, which is plain wrong. > >Interesting. What POSIX standard is referred to here? I think that most people are talking about POSIX.1. >What evidence can anyone offer that Linux or any flavor >of BSD conforms to a POSIX standard? No one can, because as far as I know neither Linux or any of the *BSD systems in question have been subjected to a POSIX validation suite. Unqualified claims of "POSIX compliance" should be taken with a grain of salt. --jtc