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Yes, it is POSIX compliant. Its also an official UNIX. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785516/is-osx-a-posix-os http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785516/
by TickleSteve 10y ago
Yes, it is POSIX compliant. Its also an official UNIX.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785516/is-osx-a-posix-os http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5785516/is-osx-a-posix-os
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification
Presence of bugs does not preclude you from being compliant to the spec.
...also... Linux is not officially compliant to either one.
- pcwalton 10y agoWhether I have to do porting work in practice (which I do, a lot) matters a lot more than what a consortium from 1996 says. The fact is, Darwin gives me trouble a lot more than Linux does when using POSIX APIs. If there were a comprehensive, up to date POSIX test suite, Darwin would fail it.
- pjmlp 10y agoBasically just like any other UNIX during the golden days of UNIX wars.