Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!fletcher From: chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: Standards Update, IEEE 1003.4: Real-time Extensions Message-ID: <13775@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 19 Oct 90 14:04:12 GMT References: <13132@cs.utexas.edu> <13219@cs.utexas.edu> <13689@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 21 Approved: fletcher@cs.utexas.edu (Guest Moderator, Fletcher Mattox) X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net 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 , "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