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From: gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: more on file \"attributes\"
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 17:56:39 EDT
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> I enjoy using UNIX as a development environment, and I believe that
> 99% of its ideas are in theory right, but it has a few shortcomings.
> Others have noticed the process synchronization shortcomings.  Has
> anyone done anything about them?

Yes, AT&T has semaphores, message queues, and record locking.  Please
don't implement a similar yet different facility; we have too many
of those already.