DOS ain't dead

MSDOS close to Unix (Developers)

posted by kerravon, Ligao, Free World North, 26.12.2021, 08:18

> Is there a possibility of a rival to POSIX here?
> I never liked POSIX when they made fork() a requirement.

Note that I don't expect a C library to directly call
open() and pol*lute the namespace.

Probably Microsoft failed to provide a suitable
GetCommandLine() and spawn() function though (that
would work on both 16-bit and 32-bit).

What would an MSDOS-inspired rival to POSIX be called?

Complete thread:

• MSDOS close to Unix - kerravon, 26.12.2021, 08:17 (Developers)
  • MSDOS close to Unix - kerravon, 26.12.2021, 08:18
  • MSDOS close to Unix - tkchia, 26.12.2021, 09:05
    • MSDOS close to Unix - kerravon, 27.12.2021, 04:31
      • MSDOS close to Unix - jhall, 27.12.2021, 20:02
  • MSDOS close to Unix - DosWorld, 10.01.2022, 20:35
    • MSDOS close to Unix - kerravon, 11.01.2022, 02:19