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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.abo.fi!not-for-mail From: mandtbac@news.abo.fi (Mats Andtbacka) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Subject: Re: Linux or BSD? Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Date: 12 Apr 1996 18:30:48 GMT Organization: Unorganized Usenet Postings UnInc. Lines: 17 Distribution: comp Message-ID: <4km7go$3og@josie.abo.fi> References: <4jprsf$lo9@classic.eng.octel.com> <4kcofg$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov> <4kkhjp$dfr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> <4kliik$og7@cebaf4.cebaf.gov> Reply-To: mandtbac@abo.fi NNTP-Posting-Host: zorn.abo.fi X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950520BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2969 comp.os.linux.development.system:21279 Larry Doolittle, in <4kliik$og7@cebaf4.cebaf.gov>: >Kevin P. Neal (kpneal@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote: >: What does Linux *lack* as far as POSIX stuff? >I don't know anything it _lacks_, POSIX.1e for one; POSIX.1c isn't really there yet either. (or is all the rest of the world referring only to POSIX.1[a] when they speak of POSIX? if so, i've a foot in my mouth.) > but Linux include files >don't follow POSIX rules regarding namespace pollution. >Look at math.h for some examples. Is NetBSD better? -- "vi is my shepherd; i shall not font. in the name of edlin, and ex, and the holy post. :wq"