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Re: POSIX in docs


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: POSIX in docs
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:36:04 -0700
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address@hidden (Karl Berry) writes:

>     Paul had a preference for "Posix" 
>
> Paul?
>
> I have seen "POSIX" far more than any other spelling.

Yes, and "UNIX" is more common than "Unix", and "FORTRAN" used to be
more common than "Fortran".

Here's an idea: RMS invented the term "POSIX"/"Posix".  Let's ask
_him_.  Surely he should be an authority on a word that he invented!




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