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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2010-12-22 08:22:59 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name>2010-12-22 08:22:59 +0100
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faq/posix_compatibility: Comments by Olaf.
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@@ -30,3 +30,20 @@ striving for total POSIX compliance -- and the high-level programs (that is,
their users) may not even notice this, but we would avoid a lot of overhead
that comes with wrapping the [[Hurd interfaces|hurd/interface]] to be POSIX
compliant.
+
+
+\#hurd IRC channel on Freenode, 2010-12-21:
+
+ <antrik> tschwinge: the writeup ignores the fact that POSIX compatibility
+ is not only for applications, but also for users familiar with the UNIX
+ environment
+ <antrik> also, I still don't buy the fact that most software is not written
+ for POSIX. even if assuming that GNOME programs don't use POSIX (which is
+ only half true), there is a lot of other software in a system that is
+ just as important, though less visible
+ <antrik> (server software, startup system, device management, automation,
+ ...)
+ <antrik> tschwinge: BTW, I meant to (and partially did) write a blog
+ article on this topic -- but I didn't get around to finish it...
+
+[[!tag open_issue_documentation]]