[J3] J3/WG5 <-> POSIX?

[Dan Nagle]

Hi,

Whether POSIX is (still) useful or relevant is currently being debated
in standards circles.  No bet from me.

There are f77 bindings for many things, as computer science departments
all know Fortran died during the '80s.  ;-)

> On Mar 5, 2018, at 07:30 , Anton Shterenlikht via J3 <j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org> wrote:
> 
> I was reading a couple of articles
> on why posix IO is so "bad" for HPC,
> e.g. [1], which led me to IEEE 1003.1-2017,
> "Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
> Base Specifications, Issue 7",
> which has a reference to Fortran...
> ANSI X3.9-1978 standard (FORTRAN 77).
> A bit out of date.
> 
> Also, it appears IEEE 1003.9-1992
> "POSIX FORTRAN 77 Language Interfaces—Part 1: Binding for 
> System Application Program Interface (API)"
> is still active.
> Is that correct?
> 
> From a quick search, the latest WG5 paper
> with POSIX in the title is from 1996 - N1235,
> to do with C binding.
> J3 papers are harder to search, as there is no
> single list.
> 
> I understand there is no J3 liason for POSIX now.
> Was there ever a link from J3/WG5 and POSIX?
> Do J3/WG5 care about the POSIX standard(s)?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Anton
> 
> [1] https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/09/11/whats-bad-posix-io/


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Cheers!
Dan Nagle