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echo: os2prog
to: Darin McBride
from: James R. Cook
date: 1997-01-12 21:56:38
subject: DosRead blocking

-=> Quoting Darin McBride to James R. Cook <=-



 DM> For local semaphores (i.e., private), some compilers offer ram

 DM> semaphores.  Should be somewhat faster.  ;-) 



 I imagine.  Peter Fitzsimmons mentioned something like that in one of his

 messages to me.  Do you know if Watcom has such a mechanism?  I searched

 through the online docs and couldn't find anything but the standard

 semaphore mechanisms.



 ={) James (}=



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