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To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: Whither wait_t? 
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 16:21:03 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> > What's our evil friend POSIX say?
> I don't think POSIX has ever heard of wait_t
> (BTW what IS it?. it's not in 2.0.5 either..)

I think it's an unofficial extension - I *do* remember seeing it
somewhere, but now don't have access to my usual array of platforms to
check.  Maybe AIX?  HP/UX?  Solaris?

I kinda thought it was a nice idea..  The more you can push system
returned types away to arm's length, the better!

					Jordan