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From: cottrell@nbs-vms.arpa (COTTRELL, JAMES)
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Subject: The Same Old Thing
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 20:46:00 EST
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/* ron@brl (as in Natalie) writes:
> I would like to see the compatibility study redone if you remove NETWORKING
> from 4.2 and remove all the non-portable stuff from System V.  Shared Memory
> is not portable, nor is it required by the SVID.  Semaphores might be useful,
> but not as implemented, they need to be fixed so they work.   If you did a
> comparison of the system calls/programs/etc... as a function of the sameness
> biased by how frequently they were used, you'd probably find the 95% value
> more correct.
> 
> -Ron

Brilliant! Take out all the stuff that's different and they are the same :-)
I agree that the semaphores are unusable. What, no P's & V's?

	jim		cottrell@nbs
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