In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0508301625590.3392_at_cass18>, Peter Bunclark writes:
>> The POSIX definition makes it impossible to correctly handle leap
>> seconds with any complying implementation of the standard, and
>> therefore applications which needs to be *truly* leapsecond compliant,
>> cannot use the standard libraries.
>>
>So we need just one other, published, open, correctly implemented, and
>tested library and all your problems go away.
No, because all sorts of governments and companies mandate "POSIX
compliance" so you couldn't sell the resulting product.
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Received on Tue Aug 30 2005 - 08:39:32 PDT