Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Rainer Weikusat Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.apps Subject: Re: mmap unuseable for interactive application? Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:42:51 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: <87vcuzwsyc.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> References: <87ei1ptes4.fsf@araminta.anjou.terraraq.org.uk> <87livvzubf.fsf@sapphire.mobileactivedefense.com> <64b5b15f-66da-479a-acde-2c4116230da7@h7g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 995MWVeSGOM6MpNz050oHw+nG1TKu9bTyQY1wQnHMgwWD4reY= Cancel-Lock: sha1:UjuUkG8M7GqafvbowY2Ch4dROsE= sha1:8hunfM9xtpwxd6AjH1TzJxh0NwE= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.development.apps:197 Peter writes: > On Jul 18, 4:45 am, Rainer Weikusat wrote: >> Did it occur to you that a follow-up to an 'incoherent rant' in this >> ridicolous style serves as a perfect justification for this label? > > Again -- these problems are solved in other OSs since a long time. 'Again' -- the solution to your 'problem' is to use the existing system facilities (which have existed 'since a long time') to coordinate use of shared resources by independent applications and not to whine about the fact that a lot of filesystems exists which don't work like the Windows file system. [...] >> > (my "incoherent rant" was caused by a problem, which is solved in >> > other OSs since a long time) >> >> It is also solved in Linux 'since a long time': Independent processes >> operating on shared resource need to coordinate their actions, >> otherwise, something's likely going to break rather sooner than later. > > I cannot tell this to my customers. Then tell them to use Windows or hire someone else for Linux/ UNIX(*) development.