[Sussex] A beginner's guide to GNU/Linux

[Geoff Teale]

Geoff Teale wrote:
> Argh!!!!! No,.    Please stop propagating this myth.  It's the worst 
> kind of propaganda.
>
> POSIX is an API standard (or rather a collection of them).  By 
> definition it does not mandate that any particular application is 
> available, only that libraries and headers with standard names and 
> standard functions are made available to programmers.
I immediately retract that statement, VI was added to the utilities 
(effectively the Shell API standard) and exists in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001.

I should think before I speak...!

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Geoff Teale
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