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Article #13774Re: resource tracking
From: Marco Papa
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1990 18:41
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1990 18:41
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In article <5178@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <9704@cbmvax.commodore.com> valentin@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
>> In article <5159@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
|| |On UNIX IPC is the exception. On the Amiga, IPC is the norm. Every system
|| |call is actually a message passed to another program.
|
|| Whoa! Come on, you know better than that! I can name a huge number of system
|| calls which do not end up send a message somewhere else. In fact, I have
|| a lot of difficulty identifying the calls which actually do send a message.
|| They're pretty rare.
|
|If I interpret you correctly, you've misinterpreted me. In UNIX, message
|passing is the exception. In the Amiga, "system calls" are all messages.
^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^
Well, on the Amiga ALL system calls are done through libraries. Name me
one system call in graphics.library that is a "message". Or even take
exec.library or dos.library. Get your facts, Peter. Generalizing (i.e.
using attibutes like "all") without checking it out often results in
making dumb statements like the one above.
-- Marco
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!pollux.usc.edu!papa From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: resource tracking Keywords: Discipline, discipline Message-ID: <22955@usc.edu> Date: 18 Feb 90 18:41:23 GMT References: <355.25C92297@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> <926@tardis.Tymnet.COM> <352@amgraf.UUCP> <5156@sugar.hackercorp.com> <5159@sugar.hackercorp.com> <9704@cbmvax.commodore.com> <5178@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@usc.edu Organization: Felsina Software, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 24