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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Does a zombie have a "valid pid"
Message-ID: <962:May2718:58:3290@stealth.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 27 May 90 18:58:32 GMT
References: <1990May25.001614.23294@athena.mit.edu> <14276:May2508:53:0790@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> <1990May25.181610.2342@athena.mit.edu> <13004@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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In article <13004@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> In article <1990May25.181610.2342@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
> > In article <14276:May2508:53:0790@stealth.acf.nyu.edu>,
> > brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu writes:
> > |> ... They'll be delivered, but they won't work.
> > It's a matter of semantics; I stand by what I said, because I meant
> > the same thing you did.
> I'm surprised you didn't point out that he also got it wrong.
> The signals are successfully posted but not never delivered.

It's a matter of semantics; I stand by what I said, because I meant the
same thing you did. :-) Actually, to match the terminology in the man
pages (rather than anyone's particlar kernel), the signals are *sent*
but never delivered.

---Dan