On 27/06/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling writes:
> > James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Actually, the extensions are *far* older than that. They're
> > > compatible with the extensions present in Trusted Solaris 8 and
> > > previous releases. My time machine is on the fritz right now, but
> > > otherwise I'd volunteer to go back and help change that release.
> >
> > POSIX.1-2001 predates TS-8
>
> We _shipped_ TS8 in 2000, and it was clearly designed well before
> that. POSIX.1-2001 is that old?
The related part of the standard did not change sicne 1998.
That doesn't matter. It wasn't a standard until 2001. As anybody
knows, treating a standard as one before it is a standard is fraught
with peril.
As I said before, the ship has sailed. What's the plan to move forward?
--
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
tried it. " --Donald Knuth
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