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Subject: Message primitives in operating systems.
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Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 14:38:13 EST
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  I am interested in discussing and seeing what sort of interprocess
communication primitives have been implemented in kernels (operating
systems, etc). Also in a discussion of the relative merits of transparent
verses known intermachine communication.

  In the system I am working on at the present I have implemented a Send
message and Receive message mechanism that are none blocking - a extra
system call is necessary to force them to block. This forces the user
process to do the buffering and flow control and not the kernel. If there
is interest in this topic I would fill in a lot of detail; I would also
enjoy hearing what others have done.


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