In comp.os.linux.misc Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
:> some years back?
:>
:> What's the benefit of a POSIX-compliant 'tail' vs. a Unix-compliant
:> 'tail'?

: The only POSIX version of Windows (NT 4.0) was written specifically for
: DEC and was never available to the general public.
Well, yes and no- the POSIX subsystem was widely available, just
not generally enabled. But it could be turned on in most versions
of Windows. Now _why_ one would do so is another issue, given that
Posix is for unix-like OS's, which Windows clearly isn't.

These days it is replaced by Services for Unix, which, like Linux
complies with some parts of Posix but otherwise does its own thing.

If you realy want POSIX compliance then use HPUX or Solaris or the like.

Stan

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