Basic Question

[Mark Brown]

In article <1160 at ra.cs.Virginia.EDU>, gnf3e at uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Greg
Fife) writes:
> Is AIX POSIX-compliant?  Is the AIX compiler ANSI standard?  If
> so, for which versions?  If not, when?
> 

Simple Answer: Yes.

Complex Answer:

AIXv3 will, as (the currently planned, I've been away for three months)
default, provide an SysV.2/BSD4.3 namespace in its libc and include files.

  By use of Feature Test Macros (compiler flags, -D) one can restrict the
namespace to XPG3, POSIX, or ANSI levels (progressively more restrictive).

The compiler will as (currently planned) default accept BOTH 'Classic' and
'ANSI' constructs, working in a 'Classic' manner. A flag will convert it
to ANSI C mode. This flag is SEPARATE from the namespace flags listed
above.

AIXv1, AIXv2, and the PS/2 version of AIXv2: No, sorry, they came out before 
the standards did.

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