Answer to "what does POSIX stand for?"

[Richard Tobin]

From: Richard Tobin <richard at aiai.ed.ac.uk>

>>"... The term POSIX is expected to be pronounced pahz-icks, as in positive,
>>not poh-six, or other variations."

>Note that this assertion appears only in the rationale and the foreword,
>not in the body of the standard.  This is because the committee could not
>standardize a pronunciation

Just as well, especially considering that in much of the English-speaking
world "positive" certainly does not begin with "pah".

-- Richard
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