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    rozzin rozzin

    Oh, hey—I was recently quoted in this article on opensource.com: "What is POSIX? Richard Stallman explains—Discover what's behind the standards for operating system compatibility from a pioneer of computer freedom" https://opensource.com/article/19/7/what-posix-richard-stallman-explains

    Saturday, 10-Aug-19 07:09:55 UTC from status.hackerposse.com
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      rozzin rozzin

      I do love the origin story for the # #, from #:
      «The committee put on "IEEEIX" as the concise name. I did not think that was a good choice. It is ugly to pronounce—it would sound like a scream of terror, "Ayeee!" …»

      Saturday, 10-Aug-19 07:15:24 UTC from status.hackerposse.com
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      rozzin rozzin

      A new way (or a # way...) to feel #: "why, I remember when all these # standard features were still GNU-specific!"

      Saturday, 10-Aug-19 07:42:57 UTC from status.hackerposse.com