Greg Lehey wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, 25 August 1999 at 0:11:23 -0600, Wes Peters wrote:
> > "Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
> >>
> >> Christopher Masto wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't see the use for it.
> >>
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> The thing is SO obviously flawed, that I wonder how many marketoid
> >> drones it took to make sensible people think it is actually useful.
> >> :-)
> >
> > And how many programmers with nearly (or more than) two decades of UNIX
> > experience it takes to convince someone it really is useful.
>
> I must say, I'm really amazed at some of the opinions that have been
> voiced in this thread. Of course, that's all they are, and they show
> the origins of their owners.
>
> Any system with multiple concurrent accesses requires locking. Only
> UNIX uses advisory locking. It almost does the job, so nobody has
> tried to fix things. But that doesn't make it right.
Well, now, that message of mine quoted above was intended to lighten
up the mood. I'spose so was Wes' message.
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