From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9BD021747 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:21:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B04143DAA; Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:21:19 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1719476479; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=pkajjt9gWCszxzZr73OedDneUVDscdkNiND/K9E/0QI=; b=cszrMUQEsp5FQCg9VNXWA/kB7UGhc22rA3QWFKQmhIlGC45wNjIaXndffMlJzAMpG0ulFB d+asxnUoFGP4qsvFt7/gLm48D8cNQ9bZFaSDlfQbHwBYszb2M4pKmjHDuDnE1idySLi4zc V2ENwc77kwBOCfBjyQvhz2iTamtaqiM= Received: from sv4.bowles.org (mx4.bowles.org [153.126.130.61]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93AB743DA9 for ; Thu, 27 Jun 2024 18:21:11 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bowles.org; s=dkim; t=1719476469; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=pkajjt9gWCszxzZr73OedDneUVDscdkNiND/K9E/0QI=; b=FJtSUJa+yO67T5boFwWX+hivhSTyiLLrG1UlRizvrJMbGOL3Sc/pwWKmuZDdjTnPZYBMxz mnhWPLWCCO+0cq97AXZuUMH5JCWl+iWYYtPOFaQoAc1yA/Ee1ovyXkcWr4W8j+wQtiuAbq wYxjtxZvKT2dGaNwzY56ImX671VQumEicv4vresql49hS2IeRI68/33D5bwlFl7hPFmona bI1gD0WCwdCwL/47UamCrkxaPl5EXQyYZ1cqvTfEE6AE5a1/iRap9e2L9dPhQS3S6Psm5f R5EcMpO2utdoAxSPlQFYVQ4QqpdvdedQDYVXCxeCPE4heDfd1s/ERLamDRYT0g== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.600.62\)) Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:20:58 +0900 References: <20240626215309.XWtuefzk@steffen%sdaoden.eu> To: tuhs@tuhs.org In-Reply-To: Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.600.62) Message-ID-Hash: PHVEX7PAG33XFQL6R56BTZY3YGJNZMND X-Message-ID-Hash: PHVEX7PAG33XFQL6R56BTZY3YGJNZMND X-MailFrom: eric@bowles.org X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Origin of the name POSIX (was: ANSI (C) vs IEEE (POSIX) Standards Body Selection) List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: "Eric E. Bowles via TUHS" Reply-To: "Eric E. Bowles" Just another reference, this one from the Open Group: https://www.opengroup.org/austin/papers/posix_faq.html POSIX=E2=84=A2 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,=20 as in positive, not poh-six, or other variations. --eric > On Jun 27, 2024, at 10:11, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 >> 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 >=20 > rms suggests that he was involved in the committee? Not true? Maybe > a different, related committee? >=20 > Greg > -- > Sent from my desktop computer. > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. > See complete headers for address and phone numbers. > This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program > reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php