title: Win32 mkdir vs _mkdir
body: <p>On <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235326.aspx">this page</a>, Microsoft states that POSIX <code>mkdir</code> is deprecated in favour of the "ISO C++ Conformant" <code>_mkdir</code>. The same seems to apply to other similar POSIX functions.</p>
  
  <p>Do they mean deprecated in so far as they are concerned, or is there some standards body (POSIX, ISO?) that has deprecated it?</p>
  
  <p>In what regard is it more ISO C++ compliant, and against which ISO standard is it more compliant?</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately I do not have access to the actual ISO C++ standards, although I did look at the last freely available draft for C++11 (N3337) and it didn't mention these functions that I could see.</p>
  
  <p>My reason for asking is that I often call these POSIX functions, however I would prefer not to write code against deprecated standards.</p>