P.I.P.S.

"PIPS" redirects here. For other uses, see Pip.

P.I.P.S.
Stable release	1.7 / 10 April 2010 (2010-04-10)
Written in	C, C++
Operating system	Symbian OS
Type	Application programming interface
License	?

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]

Software libraries

The PIPS software libraries provides C and C++ application programming interfaces in standard C libraries such as

POSIX
- libc - The "C Standard Library" with system APIs mapped to Symbian OS APIs for better performance
- libm - A mathematical library
- libpthread - Implements POSIX-style threading support in terms of the underlying Symbian OS thread support
- libdl - Implements POSIX-style dynamic linking which extends the dynamic loading model of Symbian OS
LIBZ
- libz
OpenSSL
- libcrypt
- libcrypto
- libssl
GNOME
- libglib

Limitations

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.

Extensions and successors: Open C and Open C++

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]

Naming

The name was the result of an internal competition in the Symbian Developer Marketing department, organised by Bruce Carney (Developer Marketing) and Erik Jacobson (Product Manager). The full-stops were inserted by Symbian's Legal department to ensure there were no trademark or copyright infringements.

References

↑ Symbian introduces POSIX libraries on Symbian OS
↑ "Symbian OS to gain POSIX libraries". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05.
↑ Wilcox, Mark and others, Porting to the Symbian Platform', pages 106-107, 2009, Wiley

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