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echo: os2prog
to: Peter Fitzsimmons
from: Doug Nazar
date: 1996-08-13 08:06:59
subject: Semaphore

Hello Peter!

Monday August 12 1996 12:29, Peter Fitzsimmons wrote to Denis Tonn:

PF> You're being too easy on him Denis.

PF> DosEnterCritSec() should not be used. Period.  Only lazy programmers use
PF> it, usually because they don't really understand how os/2 works (and
PF> certainly don't understand SMP); they are bound to write crappy software.

Any idea why IBM is using it in the startup code for IBM VA compilied
exe's? I noticed it awhile back when using OS2TRACE.

Doug

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