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<H1>Re: Unique id's</H1>
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<LI><em>To</em>: "Multiple Recipients of MUD Design Mailing List" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI>
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<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 13 Apr 97 09:27:54 -0700</LI>
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In <199704131957.TAA531190#out2,ibm.net>, on 04/13/97
at 12:50 PM, Jeff Kesselman <jeffk#tenetwork,com> said: >
claw#null,net
>>Check into the base code for your CriticalSection. I've seen far to many
>>such blobs whose definition of a critical section is that it is the ONLY
>>thread in the application allowed to execute for the duration. <shudder>
>>(This how OS/2 and Windows handle their "critical section" API's, and I've
>>seen something similar in a library that shall remain nameless for SunOS).
>Um, this IS the DEIFNITION of a "critical section".
>If you are looking to semaphore a epice fo code, you shoudl write a
>real semaphore and call it such.
Yeah, but he appears to be using the term differently, and I don't
have a good reference to enforce that definition. From his comments
(and Jon's later additions) he appears to have cheap mutex relabelled
as a CritSec.
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<LI><STRONG>Re: Unique id's</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00106" HREF="msg00106.html">Re: Unique id's</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 12 Apr 1997, 23:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00119" HREF="msg00119.html">Re: Unique id's</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 00:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00122" HREF="msg00122.html">Re: Unique id's</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 02:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00123" HREF="msg00123.html">Re: Unique id's</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 04:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00131" HREF="msg00131.html">Re: Unique id's</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 14 Apr 1997, 23:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00057" HREF="msg00057.html">self-intro: Cynbe</A></strong>,
Cynbe ru Taren <a href="mailto:cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu">cynbe#laurel,actlab.utexas.edu</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 10:54 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00053" HREF="msg00053.html">Yet Another Introduction</A></strong>,
Reed D. Copsey, Jr. <a href="mailto:rdc#spiritone,com">rdc#spiritone,com</a>, Wed 09 Apr 1997, 09:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00065" HREF="msg00065.html">Re: Yet Another Introduction</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 10 Apr 1997, 04:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00093" HREF="msg00093.html">Re: Yet Another Introduction</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 12 Apr 1997, 05:57 GMT
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