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]}

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 true signalling. Basic signal support is emulated using threads.

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.

See also[]

• POSIX
• POSIX Threads
• C POSIX library

References[]

External links[]

• P.I.P.S. - Nokia Developer Wiki - page does not exist
• A Guide To P.I.P.S. - Nokia Developer Wiki - page does not exist

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