From: Ori Idan <ori@heliconbooks.com>
To: segaloco <segaloco@protonmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:32:15 +0300 [thread overview]
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As far as I know IEEE is not really a standard, it is a recommendation,
while ANSI is a standard. ANSI is the American standard and ISO is
International.
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Ori Idan CEO Helicon Books
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 8:56 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
> Good morning, I was wondering if anyone has the scoop on the rationale
> behind the selection of standards bodies for the publication of UNIX and
> UNIX-adjacent standards. C was published via the ANSI route as X3.159,
> whereas POSIX was instead published by the IEEE route as 1003.1. Was there
> every any consideration of C through IEEE or POSIX through ANSI instead?
> Is there an appreciable difference suggested by the difference in
> publishers? In any case, both saw subsequent adoption by ISO/IEC, so the
> track to an international standard seems to lead to the same organizations.
>
> - Matt G.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-06-26 18:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-26 17:56 [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2024-06-26 18:32 ` Ori Idan [this message]
2024-06-26 18:42 ` [TUHS] " Marc Rochkind
2024-06-26 20:07 ` Aron Insinga
2024-06-26 23:28 ` Peter Yardley
2024-06-26 18:35 ` Marc Rochkind
2024-06-26 18:43 ` James Johnston
2024-06-26 18:52 ` segaloco via TUHS
2024-06-26 19:34 ` Heinz Lycklama
2024-06-26 20:01 ` Charles H Sauer (he/him)
2024-06-27 2:36 ` [TUHS] Re: arithmetic, " John Levine
2024-06-27 3:41 ` Charles H. Sauer
2024-06-26 20:29 ` [TUHS] " Marc Rochkind
2024-06-26 21:17 ` Rich Salz
2024-06-26 21:20 ` Alan Coopersmith via TUHS
2024-06-26 21:28 ` Warner Losh
2024-06-26 21:49 ` Rich Salz
2024-06-26 21:53 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-06-27 0:44 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 1:11 ` [TUHS] Origin of the name POSIX (was: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2024-06-27 2:12 ` [TUHS] " Ron Natalie
2024-06-27 2:37 ` Warner Losh
2024-06-27 14:19 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
[not found] ` <CAC20D2M+75ohjTPcTBmBkejeaWjQQjWCkf=4ZYrP4Bk0MCamKA@mail.gmail.com>
2024-06-27 3:02 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 3:03 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 3:08 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 8:20 ` Eric E. Bowles via TUHS
2024-06-27 11:56 ` John S Quarterman
[not found] ` <CAEoi9W4ZSVCVsJJ8pdBuBobeeXOkwsey0kM6DWBnPiuSd_7TQA@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CANCZdfoghuf4n=HDgRJXDJ5VqZ=rCtmq_0WadaR6kj8QmcoVQQ@mail.gmail.com>
2024-06-27 13:42 ` John S Quarterman
2024-06-27 11:58 ` Dan Cross
2024-06-27 14:34 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 15:05 ` [TUHS] Re: Origin of the name POSIX Heinz Lycklama
2024-06-27 13:57 ` [TUHS] Re: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection Steffen Nurpmeso
2024-06-27 14:22 ` Chet Ramey via TUHS
2024-06-27 14:29 ` Andy Kosela
2024-06-27 14:59 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-27 4:12 ` Wesley Parish
2024-06-27 4:52 ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-06-26 19:47 ` Aron Insinga
2024-06-27 5:02 ` Nevin Liber
2024-06-26 20:36 ` Stuff Received
2024-06-26 22:33 ` James Johnston
2024-06-26 20:32 ` Clem Cole
2024-06-26 22:04 ` Heinz Lycklama
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