Re: OpenStep and POSIX (Was: Re: GNUstep on MS Windows (Oh boy...i've done it now!))

[Stefan Urbanek]

On 2003-12-04 21:49:35 +0100 Pascal J.Bourguignon <pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:

> Stefan Urbanek writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Pascal provoked a question I would like to give. Maybe it is just
> > different point of view on things...
> >
> > On 2003-12-04 19:28:05 +0100 Pascal J.Bourguignon
> > <pjb@informatimago.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Whant  is needed  is a  wide enough  number of  DIFFERENT  systems and
> > > applications. Hence the importance  of portability and common API such
> > > as POSIX.
> >
> > Can be OpenStep thought as something like next generation POSIX
> > (Portable Operating System Interface)? With the layer such as POSIX
> > or OpenStep you get everything you need to develop
> > applications. Each of them for applications appropriate for
> > corresponding time (technology age).
> >
> > Well, maybe the words 'next generation' are not quite
> > appropriate. Evethough, what do you say?
>
> Yes, I was thinking:
> "... portability and common API such as POSIX or OpenStep."

So in other words ... POSIX layer|subsystem|environment on top of unix|windows, 
can be compared to OpenStep/GNUstep layer|subsystem|environment on 
unix|windows. Of course, GNUstep provides higher level tools.

Or am I wrong?

Stefan Urbanek
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