Re: DOS Newline Character

From: Roger Leigh (${roger}_at_invalid.whinlatter.uklinux.net.invalid)
Date: 12/08/04 

Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:43:39 +0000

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Lawrence DÂčOliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes:

> For those who were putting up POSIX as an excuse for Linux not to
> have to deal with this, it's worth pointing out that the Windows NT
> family is officially POSIX-compliant, whereas as far as I know,
> Linux has not passed POSIX compliance, nor is it likely ever to.

I think you'll find that Windows NT was certified for only the most
basic level of POSIX conformance, and that the implementation leaves a
lot to be desired (and is now rather outdated). Linux, on the other
hand, implements pretty much all of it (excluding STREAMS) and aims
for full compliance with the /current/ standard (and, incidentally was
tested for POSIX.1 conformance by Unifix GmBH--see the kernel startup
messages).

Which OS has the piece of paper saying "we paid a lot of money for a
fancy cert" in no way relates to the quality or breadth of the POSIX
(SUSv3) implementation.

> So the idea that POSIX compliance means that you musn't cope with
> line ending conventions other than LF-only is a load of hogwash.

Huh?

>>It isn't too difficult to work around...
>
> Agreed, but at present _every_ application has to reinvent the solution.
> It's not too difficult to solve the problem in stdio once and for all.

Have you actually read and understood the numerous replies in this
thread? This is taken care of by the compiler and C library.

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