27 Jun
2024
27 Jun
'24
12:32 a.m.
As far as I know IEEE is not really a standard, it is a recommendation,
while ANSI is a standard. ANSI is the American standard and ISO is
International.
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Ori Idan CEO Helicon Books
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 8:56 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs(a)tuhs.org> wrote:
Good morning, I was wondering if anyone has the scoop
on the rationale
behind the selection of standards bodies for the publication of UNIX and
UNIX-adjacent standards. C was published via the ANSI route as X3.159,
whereas POSIX was instead published by the IEEE route as 1003.1. Was there
every any consideration of C through IEEE or POSIX through ANSI instead?
Is there an appreciable difference suggested by the difference in
publishers? In any case, both saw subsequent adoption by ISO/IEC, so the
track to an international standard seems to lead to the same organizations.
- Matt G.