Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:5455 comp.unix.internals:74 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: UNIX semantics do permit full support for asynchronous I/O Message-ID: Date: 5 Sep 90 14:13:57 GMT References: <11576:Aug2503:18:3790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <27619@nuchat.UUCP> <861@dg.dg.com> <12023:Aug3017:24:1590@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1990Aug31.190751.12522@dg-rtp.dg.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 6 In article <1990Aug31.190751.12522@dg-rtp.dg.com> eliot@dg-rtp.dg.com writes: > So, can anyone think of an application that behaves in this manner > (i.e. acts upon the return value from a read by doing something > important, that does not involve examining the read buffer)? I can't. Any program that reads a whole file at a time, like GNU Emacs or TCL. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com