Re: POSIX P1003.5

[agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!seas.g wu.edu!mfeldman@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Feldman)]

In article <PASCALO.93Aug10170544@cln49ie.fr> pascalo@cln49ie.fr (Pascal Obry) 
writes:
>
>>In the comp.lang.ada FAQ made available by the Ada Information Clearinghouse,
>>the answer to question 23 states:
>>
>>      The POSIX P1003.5 committee is trying to work out an arrangement
>>      with the IEEE to make the POSIX/Ada package specifications
>>      available for distribution via email and anonymous FTP.
>>
>>Has there been any change in status on this?  I.E. have the package
>>specifications been made available yet?
>>
>>Just wondering,
>
>Yes, sort of. I have made, for the GNAT project, an implementation (~ 80%) of
>the POSIX P1003.5 binding to Ada.
>
>I know that it is not complete and some features I used was not portable and
>some others was in conflic with the task system of Ada...
>
>Anyway, at least 80% of the packages specifications are available via e-mail t
o
>me.
>
Are these ready to send to, say, PAL? Or with the NYU distribution?
>
>Pascal.
>
>PS : Somebody (Michael...) made some fixes to make my work more portable acros
s
>     compilers.

Even better. When do they go into full distribution?

Mike Feldman