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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,df854b5838c3e14 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,fec75f150a0d78f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public From: brashear@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (Philip Brashear) Subject: Re: ANSI C and POSIX (was Re: C/C++ knocks the crap out of Ada) Date: 1996/04/16 Message-ID: <4l04k0$o9r@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 147776164 references: <828716998snz@genesis.demon.co.uk> <4k52ds$3q4@solutions.solon.com> organization: None newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.edu Date: 1996-04-16T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: As regards POSIX and validation, I believe Robert (Dewar) said that there is no validation suite/process for POSIX. However, in mid-1991, Jim Hall of the (U.S.) National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Systems Laboratory announced a conformance testing policy for POSIX (FIPS 151-1, which was based upon IEEE 1003.1-1988. (I do not know if there have been updates.) The stes suite was developed by NIST/CSL and was "based on the test assertions specified by the IEEE 1003.3 working group on test methods." This is taken from POSIX Tracking Report, a quarterly report sponsored by Digital Equipment Corportation. Perhaps someone should check on the currency of this validation process, but there certainly was a validation suite and process for POSIX systems entering the U.S. Government's inventory. Phil Brashear CTA INCORPORATED