August 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
On POSIX-compliant systems, the C compiler is called c89. Historically, the C compiler was simply called cc. Over the years, different vendors have sold UNIX-like systems with C compilers with different facilities and options, but often still called cc.
When the POSIX standard was prepared, it was impossible to define a standard cc command with which [...]
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August 10th, 2008 | No Comments »
Linux was developed as a cooperative open source effort over the Internet, so no company or institution controls Linux. Software developed for Linux reflects this background. Development often takes place when Linux users decide to work on a project together. The software is posted at an Internet site, and any Linux user can then access [...]
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