Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!labrea!helens!denali!karish From: karish@denali.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: A/UX Support for P1003.1 OS Primitives Summary: Where's the beef? Message-ID: <167@helens.Stanford.EDU> Date: 2 Dec 88 00:15:08 GMT References: <390@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> <11260002@hpisod2.HP.COM> Sender: news@helens.Stanford.EDU Reply-To: karish@denali.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) Organization: Mindcraft, Inc. Lines: 24 In article <11260002@hpisod2.HP.COM> decot@hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes: >> To what degree, if any, does A/UX support the operating system (OS) >> primitives found in IEEE Standard P1003.1 (Draft 12), i.e., the >> proposed POSIX standard? If there is support, is this information >> localized in one (or a few) document(s)? > >The POSIX standard was approved as IEEE Std 1003.1-1988 and has been >published; it was equivalent to Draft 13. > >Dave That tells us what POSIX is. Various Apple press releases and flyers claim that A/UX supports 1003.1, and that a 1003.1-conforming system was shown at a trade show last summer. I have yet to hear that anyone outside of Apple has seen such a beast. To repeat the question: How much of the 1003.1 standard does APPLE support? The 1003.3 POSIX standard describes the conformance documentation that is to be expected from the implementor of a conforming system. Can/will Apple provide such documentation for A/UX? Chuck Karish ARPA: karish@denali.stanford.edu UUCP: {decvax,hplabs!hpda}!mindcrf!karish USPS: 1825 California St. #5 Mountain View, CA 94041