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CA>>>>>> Possibly I could write one in OBERON? 

JB>>>>> what use would that be to anyone running a posix-ish
JB>>>>> operating system? 

CA>>>> Is there such a thing as a posix-ish operting system? 

JB>>> It was a word I made up to describe an environment where
JB>>> most but not all of the popular posix system calls are
JB>>> implemented and do something useful. 

JB>>> I would include MS-dos since (version 2 or 3) and things
JB>>> like Amigados, Tos. etc. and everything that's posix too,
JB>>> (*nix. NT etc.) 

CA>> I don't recall any mention of the word POSIX when MSDOS v2
CA>> and v3 were in use. Are you sure this isn't revisionist
CA>> history? 

JB> it's neither revisionist nor history 

CA>> OBERON-ish. (new word _I_ made up) 

JB> well if so it's a waste of time talking about it in this
JB> echo. 

When you included MSDOS, AmigaDOS, and TOS, I just assumed
OBERON should also be included. ;-) 

CA>> I know, I was testing you. ;-) 

JB> i think you failed. 

That's for me to decide. I the 'testor' am, you the 'testee'
be. ;-) 

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