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From std-unix-request@uunet.uu.net Sat Oct 20 22:42:19 1990
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From: tct!chip@cs.utexas.edu (Chip Salzenberg)
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Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.4: Real-time Extensions
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Submitted-by: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
[ Is it my imagination, or is this thread getting stale?
Oh well. I think John will be back soon. He can decide. --Fletcher ]
According to fouts@bozeman.bozeman.ingr (Martin Fouts):
>Of course, if I have to acquire a file handle for my IPC, I can't
>imlement it as efficiently as if I just do it locally in shared memory
>and don't bother the system about it's existance.
Well, if the system doesn't know about it, then it's not a system IPC
facility. If, however, the system does know about it, then it has to
have a handle, which might as well be a small integer -- i.e. a file
descriptor.
--
Chip Salzenberg at Teltronics/TCT <chip@tct.uucp>, <uunet!pdn!tct!chip>
"I've been cranky ever since my comp.unix.wizards was removed
by that evil Chip Salzenberg." -- John F. Haugh II
Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 208