Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Calling POSIX a "law" and calling it a "recommendation" are extreme
> ends of the spectum is you ask me. How about meeting in the middle and
> calling it a key UNIX/Linux industry standard?
This amounts to "a recommendation which many have followed".
Then again, the degree of following varies. Many application writers use
POSIX as a guideline, but few of them use POSIX at a formal level. It is
only at that level where one can really talk about conformance.
Gunnar
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