the difference between posix user and c user

bin.wang at qkmtech.com bin.wang at qkmtech.com
Fri Dec 29 01:25:26 UTC 2017


i google the posix .now i know that posix is the abbreviation of "the Portable Operating System Interface" it is for software compatibility with variants of Unix and other operating systems

but you said, "POSIX and the Classic API are both C APIs."
than i think the posix is packaged on the basis of the standard C, is it right ?
the classic api is the standard c interface , is it right?

best wishes



bin.wang at qkmtech.com
 
From: Chris Johns
Date: 2017-12-29 02:18
To: users
Subject: Re: the difference between posix user and c user
On 29/12/17 12:00 am, bin.wang at qkmtech.com wrote:
> hi everyone:
> 
> i am new to linux and rtems. i do not understand
> what the difference between posix user and c user .
> 
> i am confused about these two concept. which condition i should choose posix ?
> which condition i should choose c ?
> 
 
This is a good question and it is understandable why you do not understand the
difference. The reason is specific to RTEMS and relates to it's history.
 
The original RTEMS was written in Ada and C and the C API is what we now call
the Classic API. It's manual was called the C User Guide hence the name.
 
The Ada version of RTEMS was removed from the source tree and POSIX came a while
later.
 
POSIX and the Classic API are both C APIs. The C User manual is now called the
RTEMS Classic API Guide. See:
 
https://docs.rtems.org/
 
Chris
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