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In article <gf2ZSdw91Jbd17dlp5@rchland.ibm.com> tinglett+@rchland.ibm.com  
(Todd Inglett) writes:
> Excerpts from ext.misc.info-andrew: 17-Nov-92 Re: messagequeue with ATK
> Zalman Stern@decwrl.dec. (1573)
> 
> > The namespace for System V message queues is disjoint from the file
> > descriptor namespace. They do not work with select and hence donot fit  
into
> ATK interaction model.
> 
> This may be true in general, but be sure to look closely at the
> selectcall on your system.  In AIX, for example, the first argument to
> selectindicates how many file descriptors and message queues are
> specified in theother arguments.  The lower 16 bits of the first
> argument specify the # offiles and the upper 16 bits specify the # of
> message queues.  Because it wouldbe impossible to specify 64535 file
> descriptors (AIX has a limit of around2000 or so), it is completely
> compatible with the `old' select.

It is best to ignore braindamage like this. Shooting the person responsible  
might make you feel better, but is generally not worth the consequences.
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