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Is POSIXLY_CORRECT supposed to be a play on “politically correct”? If so that’s pretty amusing.
by SOLAR_FIELDS 9y ago
Is POSIXLY_CORRECT supposed to be a play on “politically correct”? If so that’s pretty amusing.
- thristian 9y agoRMS' original convention for requesting GNU tools be compatible with questionable legacy behaviour was POSIX_ME_HARDER, but he toned it down as a gesture of goodwill to the other members of the POSIX committee.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoThat’s so great and puts the variable name into even better context