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POSIX isn't a law. You don't "violate" POSIX. It's a standard for compatibility. You can choose to not be compatible with a standard when you think it makes sen
by youdontknowtho 8y ago
POSIX isn't a law. You don't "violate" POSIX. It's a standard for compatibility. You can choose to not be compatible with a standard when you think it makes sense. That's something that lots of projects do. You are using standards compliance as a moral cudgel.
Your argument is way too impassioned to be just technical. You just basically accused Lennart of hurting people with no evidence whatsoever.
This sort of stuff really doesn't help.
- cassianoleal 8y agoWhen there is a standard and someone doesn't follow it, it is said that the standard has been violated. It follows that when someone implements functionality that doesn't follow POSIX, POSIX has been violated. There's nothing wrong with the statement.
- youdontknowtho 8y agoHe accused Lennart of hurting people with no proof. Is that reasonable?
- cassianoleal 8y agoPlease point out where in my comment I make any reference to reasonability.
- youdontknowtho 8y agoApologies for that part, then. I just don't see standards compliance like other people do. Personally, I don't see standards as things that imply some kind of morality. They are tools to accomplish a goal. sometimes other goals may supersede their usefulness.
- cassianoleal 8y agoThat is fair enough. I have not argued against your point of view. My comment was more on the linguistic side of things. You criticised the parent's language saying that "you don't violate a standard" because it "isn't a law". I was just pointing out that you do indeed violate a standard because it's a standard, and saying that does not add any kind of moral or passion value - it's just using the language the way it's intended.