Poshlib

Posh is a <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a> <a href="/facts/Software_framework/EWasA8sG">framework</a> used in <a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">cross-platform</a> software <a href="/facts/Computer_programming/QmSsFnu0">development</a>. It was created by Brian Hook. It is <a href="/facts/BSD_license/XLtmLp5x">BSD licensed</a> and as of 17 March 2014<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poshlib&action=edit">[update]</a>, at <a href="/facts/Software_versioning/EP8VXAUU">version</a> 1.3.002.
The Posh software framework provides a <a href="/facts/Header_file/fg3KEG4V">header file</a> and an optional <a href="/facts/C_/Ky2No763">C</a> source file.
Posh does not provide alternatives where a host <a href="/facts/Platform_(computing)/DmKwp5Bk">platform</a> does not offer a feature, but informs through <a href="/facts/C_preprocessor/KuhuxKYP">preprocessor</a> <a href="/facts/Macro_(computer_science)/7abAsm1o">macros</a> what is supported and what is not. It sets macros to assist in compiling with various <a href="/facts/Compiler/WNfCDFJe">compilers</a> (such as <a href="/facts/GNU_Compiler_Collection/t07jh01k">GCC</a>, <a href="/facts/Visual_C%2B%2B/RM3sbYw5">MSVC</a> and <a href="/facts/Watcom_C_compiler/GFxPBuGb">OpenWatcom</a>), and different host <a href="/facts/Endianness/wbrQnyu3">endiannesses</a>. In its simplest form, only a single header file is required. In the optional C source file, there are <a href="/facts/Subroutine/9vFJrg0A">functions</a> for byte swapping and in-memory <a href="/facts/Serialization/T00auFvv">serialisation/deserialisation</a>.
Brian Hook also created SAL (Simple Audio Library) that utilises Posh. Both are featured in his book "Write Portable Code". Posh is also used in Ferret and <a href="/facts/Vega_Strike/mkNXKbKz">Vega Strike</a>.

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