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POSIX vs. X/Open

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From: Moderator, John S. Quarterman
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1989 03:06
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From: apple!netcom!hinton (Greg Hinton)

Would someone please explain the differences between POSIX & X/Open?
They look to me like they're very much duplicating each other's efforts
& coming up with almost identical results.  That is, IEEE 1003.1 looks
like XSI 2 & IEEE 1003.2 looks like XSI 1.
Am I overlooking something?


Greg Hinton
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From: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)
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Subject: POSIX vs. X/Open
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Date: 10 Jul 89 03:06:32 GMT
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