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From: fouts@bozeman.bozeman.ingr (Martin Fouts)
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Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.4: Real-time Extensions
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Date: 2 Oct 90 23:04:10 GMT
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Submitted-by: fouts@bozeman.bozeman.ingr (Martin Fouts)

>>>>> On 27 Sep 90 20:03:39 GMT, chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) said:

Chip> Given Unix, where devices -- even those with removable media -- are
Chip> accessed through the filesystem, I can see no reason whatsoever to
Chip> treat network connections and other IPC facilities differently.
Chip> -- 

One reason to not treat every IPC facility as part of the file system:
Shared memory IPC mechanisms which don't need to be visible to
processes not participating in the IPC.

Marty
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