Re^8: OT: Locking and syncing mechanisms available on *nix.

XS has access to the entire Perl interpreter. That can't be true.

Yes. But what is the point in coding in XS if you have effectively callback into Perl (even if you only simulate doing so by mocking up the perl calling conventions), for a fundamental part of the process?

And, what would be the point in using the very thing you are trying to replace, to implement it's replacement?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

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Re^9: OT: Locking and syncing mechanisms available on *nix. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 27, 2011 at 17:44 UTC
I figured that's what you were doing, but I got doubts when I read your first sentence. I seem to not have made it to your second sentence. Nevermind.	[reply]