On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Matthias-Christian Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's POSIX conform [1], so I don't see the whole point of the > discussion.
POSIX was created to make it easier to write portable apps. When one, knowingly, writes a non-portable app, and then says "hey, but it's POSIX compliant", one is missing the point. POSIX is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Basically, the point of the discussion is the same as the point of POSIX itself: portability. Greetings, Sander.
