Re: Standard Library Interest?

["Robert I. Eachus" <rieachus@comcast.net>]

Stephane Richard wrote:
>                                        I'm no latin speaking individual
> and I'm curious to know the difference between De-Facto and De-Jure :-).
> although I have an idea based on the context if this quote hehe...

Roughly "de facto" = "in fact", and "de jure" = "in law".

In the standards industry, a de facto standard is something most people 
use, even though it is not particularly blessed by some standards 
organization.  Windows is a de facto standard, even if you have no idea 
what will happen when you take some action in Windows, the fact that so 
many people are using it makes it a de facto standard.  Similarly, Linux 
is a de facto standard, and POSIX is a de jure standard.  Is it possible 
for a version of Linux to be POSIX compliant?  Sure.  In fact, Windows 
NT 4.0 was sold as POSIX compliant even if no one other than masochists 
tried to use the POSIX interface. ;-)
-- 
                                            Robert I. Eachus

"Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the 
goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, 
down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or 
down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair 
of an old motorcycle."  -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle 
Maintenance by Robert Pirsig