[Info-vax] Anyone interested in another public access system

Bob Eager rde42 at spamcop.net
Tue Apr 7 02:28:03 EDT 2009


On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 02:34:29 UTC, yyyc186 <yyyc186 at hughes.net> wrote:

> On Apr 6, 4:08 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd... at spamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> > If you're going to conduct a hate campaign, at least be accurate. Please
> > explain why UNIX processes are not processes. They have their own locus
> > of execution, their own virtual memory, their own context.
> >
> 
> They aren't processes, they are threads.  Processes have birth
> certificates, death certificates and  unique IDs no matter what OS you
> are talking about.  The registrar assigns the ID while recording the
> genetic lineage of the process.  The registrar also periodically
> checks for the continued existence of the process once it has been
> created.  It handles the cases of untimely death which occurred
> without notification.

You ruly are ignorant - or high on something.
-- 
Bob Eager




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