[m-dev.] for review: add the POSIX stuff to the extras

[Thomas Conway]

Hi

After being asked for the POSIX stuff I'd done, I'm adding it to the extras
since that seems the best way to make it easy to update and extend (as opposed
to me putting it on my web page, &c, &c).

I'll commit it now, so that it ends up on the web site, and will make any
changes that it needs on demand...

Thomas
-- 
 Thomas Conway )O+     Every sword has two edges.
     Mercurian            <conway at cs.mu.oz.au>


Add a bunch of modules for accessing POSIX.3 functionality directly from
Mercury.

NEWS:
	Mention the addition of the posix directory.

extras/posix/* the necessary stuff.


Index: ../../NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/staff/zs/imp/mercury/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.146
diff -u -r1.146 NEWS
--- NEWS	1999/09/16 04:01:26	1.146
+++ NEWS	1999/10/12 00:09:31
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@
   which are supported by most modern Unix systems.
   See the files in extras/dynamic_linking for details.
 
+* We've added some use-at-your-own-risk bindings to POSIX.3 functionality.
+  At this stage it's quite incomplete.
+
 Changes to the Mercury implementation:
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