Subj : Re: posix semaphores on AIX
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : steve
Date : Fri Jul 29 2005 10:11 pm

In article <dcdu5q$9qv$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
David Jones <JONESD@ecr6.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>In message <lm3bpxg18a.fsf@privacy.net>, Dragan Cvetkovic <me@privacy.net> writes:
>>Well, POSIX semaphores are a relativelly new feature. As far as I can see,
>>sem_open() is declared in /usr/include/semaphore.h, as they are supposed to
>>be, but there is also a comment in that file stating:
>>
>>/* THIS FILE is for conformance to IEEE POSIX 1003.1c.
>> * It describes required symbols for the Realtime option
>> * which is NOT SUPPORTED.
>> */
>
>Isn't 1003.1c 10 years old?

Yeah, and semaphores are/were in 1003.1b, which is a little bit older.

But then, this _is_ IBM being discussed, here.  It could be that the
"realtime extensions" are an extra $ feature.
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