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From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IPC  Whatever you do, do this
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Date: 17 Mar 88 16:11:46 GMT
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Organization: University of Lowell, Computer Science Dept.
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[NOW what the hell is Reagan doing?]

peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>a number of the elements in packets don't make sense on a remote machine.
>Message Ports/File Locks/Windows/RastPorts/File Handles
>I think that for this sort of data the best way to transfer it is still via
>AmigaDOS devices and clipboards.

Agreed.  I'd like to see file handlers know about each other, so they
can talk to each other (exchange file handles, locks, do NFS, etc),
and the window manager(s) have an idea about other window managers, to
be able to move windows to any screen, on any machine.

However, the IPC scheme must be flexible enough to handle these items
regardless of what they are.  In effect, the IPC mechanism shouldn't
have to know what its passing around, just as MsgPorts don't know what
the Messages mean.

..Bob
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