From:	dumser AT ti DOT com (James Dumser)
Subject:	Re: GNU-Win32 : gettimeofday
31 May 1997 07:01:57 -0700 :
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On Fri, 30 May 1997 10:43:28 +0800, Lim Chu Cheow, Dr
  <cclim AT gintic DOT gov DOT sg> wrote:
>Thanks!  Since I don't follow the Unix standard changes very 
>closely, I'm a little confused now.  On a SVR4 (Solaris 2.4),
>from the man page, I get:
>
>     int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp);
>
>Whereas for a SunOS 4.1.3, I get from the man page:
>
>     int gettimeofday(tp, tzp)
>     struct timeval *tp;
>     struct timezone *tzp;
>
>So GNU-Win32 is following an "older" Unix standard (whichever it is)?

It's more of a System V (Solaris) versus BSD (SunOS) thing. Cygwin
currently follows BSD closer than System V because there's lots of BSD
source code available that they can grab for free (System V source would
have to be licensed from AT&T or developed completely independently).

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James Dumser    972-462-5335 dumser AT ti DOT com
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