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What are the core technical changes in the latest POSIX.1 standard over 1003.1-1990 and 1003.2-1992?

April 26, 2017changes core latest POSIX.1 standard Technical

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What are the core technical changes in the latest POSIX.1 standard over 1003.1-1990 and 1003.2-1992?

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The main changes are as follows: alignment with ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (ISO C), support for IPv6, integration of recent POSIX realtime amendments ( 1003.1d, 1003.1j, 1003.1q), amendments to the core POSIX functionality from the 1003.2b and 1003.1a amendments, application of technical corrigendum from The Open Group and IEEE interpretations, revision of options , removal of obsolescent and legacy interfaces.