From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Subject: Re: How to rename a file?
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 12:21:09 +0200
Date: 2001-09-30T12:21:09+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zo7dasiy.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ur8spxdoj.fsf@wanadoo.fr
Pascal Obry <p.obry@wanadoo.fr> writes:
>> made on "frameworks" (which POSIX bindings may perhaps also be included, as
>> cross platform was in mind) and tools that abstract the C interfaces and
>> work in a more Ada like nature.
>
> I won't call POSIX a framework since it is a _binding_ but yet not a
> thin one.
Most POSIX.5 implementations aren't bindings.
> And yes in cross-platform environemnt it is definitly the choice,
> this is why I do use it!
IMHO, the POSIX.5 interface is a horrible mess, combining the
uselessness of POSIX.1 with some additional unfortunate design
decisions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-30 10:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-27 19:43 How to rename a file? Pi
2001-09-27 23:09 ` tmoran
2001-09-27 23:36 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-09-28 2:16 ` DuckE
2001-09-28 2:54 ` Pi
2001-09-28 3:41 ` David Botton
2001-09-28 7:39 ` Lutz Donnerhacke
2001-09-28 17:34 ` Pascal Obry
2001-09-28 18:39 ` Larry Kilgallen
2001-09-30 1:51 ` David Botton
2001-09-30 8:53 ` Pascal Obry
2001-09-30 10:21 ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2001-09-30 14:53 ` Pascal Obry
2001-09-29 5:02 ` DuckE
2001-09-28 3:16 ` David Botton
2001-09-28 16:03 ` Jeffrey Carter
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