Stable release | 1.7 / April 10, 2010 |
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Written in | C, C++ |
Operating system | Symbian OS |
Type | Application programming interface |
License | ? |
Website | wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/P.I.P.S. |
P.I.P.S. is a term (recursive acronym) for Symbian software libraries that means, P.I.P.S. Is POSIX on Symbian OS. It is intended to help C language programmers in migration of desktop and server middleware, applications to Symbian OS based mobile smartphone devices. [1] [2]
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The PIPS software libraries provides C and C++ application programming interfaces in standard C libraries such as
The P.I.P.S. environment does not support signals. This lack of support for signals means that IPC with signals is also not supported. Under P.I.P.S., I/O must be carried out in a synchronous manner.
Open C and Open C++ are extensions by Nokia of P.I.P.S. In contrast to mere P.I.P.S., they were only for Series 60 phones. [3]