>From time to time Shmuel makes a seminal, crucial contribution; and <begin extract> the point remains that the user of a synchronization facility needs to understand the rules and should not expect interoperability between unrelated facilities, e.g., latches and semaphores. </end extract>
is one of them. This thread has been a sort of celebration of misconceived expectations. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
