On 2021-09-27 11:46 p.m., ben via cctalk wrote: > On 2021-09-27 3:15 p.m., Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: >> On 2021-09-27 10:07, Joshua Rice via cctalk wrote (in part): >>> >>> However, much of the "Linux" software is in fact POSIX software, and >>> can quite easily be ported between Linux and other *NIX-likes, such >>> as Solaris, macOS and the *BSD family. >> >> I cannot agree. Many developers ensure that their software runs under >> their particular distribution and then call it POSIX. Porting to UNIX >> systems, such as Solaris or macOS, can be difficult and tedious. (Of >> course, this is not a Linux issue.) >> >> N. > > POSIX requires a byte to be exactly 8 bits I read somewhere. > C99 C standard? > Great for ARM and INTEL, not so great for the 36 bit computers.
We've been through this before. No. > Ben.
