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Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys errno.h


From: Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 03:13:27 +0100

Chris Pressey wrote:
> There was once a news post by some prominent FreeBSD person - I don't
> remember who, and I can't find the link anymore, but it was a list of
> ten things that a winning operating system would have.  One of those
> things was a "big switch" that, when turned on, made the thing totally
> standards-compliant.  I like that idea.  I don't really like the idea of
> the switch being permanently in the "on" position, though.
> 
> -Chris

	The switch you are refering to is probably "POSIXLY_CORRECT" except the idea of
	being standards compliant by using a switch is non-intuitive to the end user,
period.

							Hiten Pandya



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