[Info-vax] Looking into C-include files on VMS

[Wilm Boerhout]

MetaEd mentioned  on 11-11-2009 19:34:
> On Nov 10, 7:19 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> Last time I looked, VMS was not Unix!  Many other OSs are not unix.
>> Therefore, the "standard" is not. Now, I need to find a "standard"
>> 12.345mm square torx bit with a 5/16" socket drive.
> 
> There is a TORX standard. The current standard is ISO 10664. That fact
> does not depend on whether VMS supports it.
> 
> There is a vfork() standard. The current standard is UNIX 03. That
> fact also does not depend on whether VMS supports it.
> 
> (Wait. What's this T15 bit doing in my hardware PCB?)

I've been waiting for a moment to join this pissing contest. This is it:

ISO is an internationally recognized (by governments and businesses 
alike) standards body. They issue standards and audit conformance.

"UNIX" is not a standards body. It does not issue standards and does not 
audit conformance.

/Wilm

(14" torx, several other decimal torxes, and assorted other equipment)