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<h2 id="software-libraries">Software libraries</h2>
<p>The PIPS <a href="/facts/Library_(computing)/xRzL3P7q">software libraries</a> provides <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> and <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interfaces</a> in standard <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> libraries such as
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<ul><li>POSIX
<ul><li>libc – The "C Standard Library" with system APIs mapped to Symbian OS APIs for better performance</li>
<li>libm – A mathematical library</li>
<li>libpthread – Implements POSIX-style threading support in terms of the underlying Symbian OS thread support</li>
<li>libdl – Implements POSIX-style dynamic linking which extends the dynamic loading model of Symbian OS</li></ul></li>
<li>LIBZ
<ul><li>libz</li></ul></li>
<li>OpenSSL
<ul><li>libcrypt</li>
<li>libcrypto</li>
<li>libssl</li></ul></li>
<li>GNOME
<ul><li>libglib</li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="limitations">Limitations</h2>
<p>The P.I.P.S. environment does not support true signalling. Basic signal support is emulated using threads.
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<h2 id="extensions-and-successors-open-c-and-open-c">Extensions and successors: Open C and Open C++</h2>
<p>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 <a href="/facts/Series_60/NfBtjoKf">Series 60</a> phones.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="naming">Naming</h2>
<p>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.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/POSIX/mQkSt234">POSIX</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/POSIX_Threads/S8oH6pI9">POSIX Threads</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/C_POSIX_library/bJToR2CY">C POSIX library</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Babin, Steve (2007). <i>Developing Software for Symbian OS – A Beginner's Guide to Creating Symbian OS V9 Smartphone Applications in C++</i>. Wiley. p. 460. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0470725702.</li>
<li>Stichbury, Jo (2008). <i>Games on Symbian OS – A Handbook for Mobile Development</i>. Wiley. p. 400. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0470998144.</li>
<li>Wilcox, Mark (2009). <i>Porting to the Symbian Platform – Open Mobile Development in C/C++</i>. Wiley. p. 442. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0470746172.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110816053714/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/P.I.P.S">P.I.P.S. – Nokia Developer Wiki – page does not exist </a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110731182159/http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/A_Guide_To_P.I.P.S.">A Guide To P.I.P.S. – Nokia Developer Wiki – page does not exist</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Symbian introduces POSIX libraries on Symbian OS Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2007/pr20078721.html" target="_blank">http://www.symbian.com/news/pr/2007/pr20078721.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Symbian OS to gain POSIX libraries". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. <a href="https://archive.today/20120905035012/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Symbian-OS-to-gain-POSIX-libraries/" target="_blank">https://archive.today/20120905035012/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Symbian-OS-to-gain-POSIX-libraries/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Wilcox, Mark and others,
 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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