Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!decwrl!mejac!gryphon!oleg
From: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: MAZEWAR compile-time error
Message-ID: <7409@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 30 Sep 88 09:28:19 GMT
References: <1683@uop.edu> <12600002@cpe>
Reply-To: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM (Oleg Kiselev)
Organization: HASA
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In article <12600002@cpe> tif@cpe.UUCP writes:
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>>System I am using has a kernel problem that does not currently allow to have
>>a named pipe opened for both read and write.
>What good is a pipe that can't be opened for both read and write?

There are certain synchronization problems associated with bi-directional
pipes that are not trivial.  The deficiency will be fixed at some point.
Mean while I'd like to play that game!
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