how to read POSIX?

robin.zhu · July 13, 2006, 4:56am

how to read POSIX? poe six or not?

jim_mcnamara · July 13, 2006, 10:37am

Do you mean pronounce?

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robin.zhu · July 14, 2006, 8:00pm

thanks for your reply.

Perderabo · July 15, 2006, 10:07am

Jim's reply may not make it clear that the letter o is short rather than long.

When Posix first came out, I attended a session where some Posix bigshots introduced themselves and discussed the standard. One person asked how to pronounce P-O-S-I-X. The bigshots had actually discussed this during one of their meetings. In addition to deciding the official pronunciation, they "invented" a little motto to help folks remember. It's "I'm positive about Posix" and the "pos" in both words is pronounced identically. After the meeting they even handed out "I'm positive about Posix" buttons. So get it right if you talk to one of them.... they apparently care.