gnf3e@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Greg Fife) (03/28/90)
Is AIX POSIX-compliant? Is the AIX compiler ANSI standard? If
so, for which versions? If not, when?
Greg Fife
gnf3e@virginia.edu
uunet!virginia!uvacs!gnf3embrown@osf.org (Mark Brown) (03/29/90)
In article <1160@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU>, gnf3e@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Greg Fife) writes: > Is AIX POSIX-compliant? Is the AIX compiler ANSI standard? If > so, for which versions? If not, when? > Simple Answer: Yes. Complex Answer: AIXv3 will, as (the currently planned, I've been away for three months) default, provide an SysV.2/BSD4.3 namespace in its libc and include files. By use of Feature Test Macros (compiler flags, -D) one can restrict the namespace to XPG3, POSIX, or ANSI levels (progressively more restrictive). The compiler will as (currently planned) default accept BOTH 'Classic' and 'ANSI' constructs, working in a 'Classic' manner. A flag will convert it to ANSI C mode. This flag is SEPARATE from the namespace flags listed above. AIXv1, AIXv2, and the PS/2 version of AIXv2: No, sorry, they came out before the standards did. Mark Brown IBM AWD / OSF | The effort of using machines to mimic the The Good mbrown@osf.org | human mind has always struck me as rather silly. The Bad uunet!osf!mbrown| I would rather use them to mimic something The Ugly (617) 621-8981 | better. --Edsger Dijkstra
jerry@heyman.austin.ibm.com (Jerrold Heyman) (03/29/90)
In article <1160@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU> gnf3e@Virginia.EDU (Greg Fife) writes: >Is AIX POSIX-compliant? AIX/RT is not. AIX PS/2 (1.1) is not - not positive about AIX PS/2 1.2 AIX v3 on Risc System/6000 conforms to POSIX 1003.1 > Is the AIX compiler ANSI standard? AIX v3 is ANSI C compliant. AIX/RT is not, not sure about AIX PS/2. > If so, for which versions? If not, when? AIX v3 will be compliant with POSIX 1003.1. The C compiler available on AIX v3 is ANSI compliant. AIX v3 is the operating system for the Risc System/6000. > > Greg Fife > gnf3e@virginia.edu > uunet!virginia!uvacs!gnf3e Jerry Heyman IBM AWD, Austin