Re: some general and some not so general programming questions

2002-12-11 Thread Niels Möller
"Frank Saar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1. Is there anything like events ? > I wonder how to implement an event mechanism without using volatile > variables and continous testing of those with while(); I'm not sure I understand the question. Exactly what are you trying to do? Between proc

some general and some not so general programming questions

2002-12-10 Thread Frank Saar
Hello, I have several questions of how things are to be done in hurd: 1. Is there anything like events ? I wonder how to implement an event mechanism without using volatile variables and continous testing of those with while(); 2. How to implement a timer routine I played with signal(SIGALR