From: John S Quarterman <jsqmobile@gmail.com>
To: "Eric E. Bowles" <eric@bowles.org>
Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origin of the name POSIX (was: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 07:56:09 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMQqxCPuUtMdqH7Lf9Vn2y0kdqhH_3cNmjr2FKEZy7fxH86Shw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D9E1E1C9-E7DE-49F7-BA2A-9F2AEF3A1B2B@bowles.org>
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I don't recall rms being involved, certainly not in the name. -jsq
On Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 4:21 AM Eric E. Bowles via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
> Just another reference, this one from the Open Group:
>
> https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html
>
> POSIX™ 1003.1 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Version 1.18)
>
> Q0. What is POSIX? What is POSIX.1?
>
> [...] The name POSIX was suggested by Richard Stallman. It is expected
> to be pronounced pahz-icks,
> as in positive, not poh-six, or other variations.
>
> --eric
>
> > On Jun 27, 2024, at 10:11, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@lemis.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday, 26 June 2024 at 20:44:12 -0400, Clem Cole wrote:
> >> rms had nothing to do with the name posix. I have no idea where that
> >> comment came from.
> >
> > At the very least, from rms himself:
> > https://stallman.org/articles/posix.html
> > There's a reference to this page in the Wikipedia page on POSIX.
> >
> >> The p1003 committee for Ieee was the portable operating system standard
> and
> >> at the time adding ix was the norm. POSIX became the term we all used
> to
> >> refer to the work we doing. Rms was not involved in any way
> >
> > rms suggests that he was involved in the committee? Not true? Maybe
> > a different, related committee?
> >
> > Greg
> > --
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-26 17:56 [TUHS] ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection segaloco via TUHS
2024-06-26 18:32 ` [TUHS] " Ori Idan
2024-06-26 18:42 ` 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 [this message]
[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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