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Article #467Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.4: Real-time Extensions
From: Chip Salzenberg
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 17:51
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 17:51
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From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) > Finally, the group accepted abandoning the use of > file descriptors for semaphore handles, but some participants > wanted to keep semaphore names pathnames. Aargh! Almost everyone realizes that System V IPC is a botch, largely because it doesn't live in the filesystem. So what does IEEE do? They take IPC out of the filesystem! What sane reason could there be to introduce Yet Another Namespace? -- Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip> Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 65
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!usenix!std-unix From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.4: Real-time Extensions Message-ID: <467@usenix.ORG> Date: 27 Aug 90 17:51:57 GMT References: <448@usenix.ORG> Sender: std-unix@usenix.ORG Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 15 Approved: jsq@usenix.org (Moderator, John Quarterman) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net