From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,fec75f150a0d78f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public From: cjames@melchizedek.cec-services.com (The Right Reverend Colin James III) Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada) Date: 1996/04/02 Message-ID: <3161447e.494168937@news.dimensional.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 145471866 references: <31582A63.4BE9@east.thomsoft.com> <4jeel1$erh@tpd.dsccc.com> <4jp388$d56@tpd.dsccc.com> <828445854snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> organization: CEC Services, LLC reply-to: cjames@melchizedek.cec-services.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu Date: 1996-04-02T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: emery@grebyn.com (David Emery) posted with deletions: | In article <828445854snz@genesis.demon.co.uk>, fred@genesis.demon.co.uk wrote: | | > ANSI C doesn't define UNIX OS calls so isn't really relevant to your point. | > Unix calls are reasonably standardised for C through the likes of POSIX and | > X/Open which is natural because C is the core development language for | > the platform. | > | > -- | > ----------------------------------------- | > Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk | > Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com | > ----------------------------------------- | | This is not exactly true. The POSIX.1 standard make extensive use of | facilities in the ANSI C standard. Chapter 2 contains a list of library | calls of ANSI C "included" in POSIX (e.g. malloc(), while Chapter 8 | contains C-specific facilities, that refine the behavior of some ANSI | C library routines such as file stream IO. | | dave Apparently pitiful, forgetful Dave Emery thinks this relates to Ada. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Colin James III, Principal Scientist cjames@cec-services.com CEC Services, 2080 Kipling St, Lakewood, CO 80215-1502 USA Voice: 303.231.9437; Facsimile: .231.9438 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~