Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!uunet!osh3!chip From: chip@osh3.OSHA.GOV (Chip Yamasaki) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: IPC mechanisms in UNIXen (Re: OS/2 versus UNIX) Message-ID: <1991May21.052051.2380@osh3.OSHA.GOV> Date: 21 May 91 05:20:51 GMT References: <1089@stewart.UUCP> <1991May15.110459.21996@sugar.hackercorp.com> <7913@auspex.auspex.com> <1991May21.001903.18598@kithrup.COM> Organization: U.S. D.O.L - Occupational Safety & Health Admin. Lines: 37 In peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> > FIFOs (I'd call them "named pipes", but I don't want to confuse >> > the OS/2oids in the audience) >> > sockets of various flavors >> > S5 message queues >> > S5 shared memory >> Semaphores (xenix and SVID), and xenix shared memory. >Plus, various RPC methods, plain pipes and PTYs. >And Mach messages. >Luckily nobody still uses multiplexed files (remember them?). >-- >Peter da Silva; Ferranti International Controls Corporation; +1 713 274 5180; >Sugar Land, TX 77487-5012; `-_-' "Have you hugged your wolf, today?" Why would anybody want to compare OS/2 and Unix anyhow? When I first heard the announcements of OS/2 I though it was a major mistake. Why would you want to invest all that money in a system that can only serve one user. I don't care to hear about any hacking either, I'm sure you could support multiple users under OS/2 (I seem to recall such a product), but haven't we been hacked to death enough by DOS? Personally, I like the idea of having a box with a command line if I want it, a GUI if I don't, support for multiple processors and huge memory space, and the capability to add more users and terminals if I like. I've heard some lame statements like: "I'm the only one who uses the computer". That's fine until someone else in the household or business "develops a need". Basically the questions is not "OS/2, better than Unix?", but more like "OS/2, what's the point?". -- -- Charles "Chip" Yamasaki chip@oshcomm.osha.gov