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SubjectRe: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question)
Alan Cox writes:
> > >> entirely from userland.
> > >
> > > sure it was implemented - i've used it in (apparently small) project.
> >
> > In userland, you can't support message queues in select() like AIX can.
>
> Im amazed people stil use them, they are a classic example of retrofitting
> somethng un-needed onto unix without the people at the time thinking what
> they were doing.

Agreed! What the hell is wrong with a pipe/socketpair anyway? It fits
right in there in the everything-is-a-file model. Message queues don't.

Regards,

Richard....

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