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Xref: sserve comp.unix.solaris:41907 comp.unix.internals:8801 comp.unix.programmer:27172 comp.unix.sco.programmer:458 comp.os.linux.development.apps:4558 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3356 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news-1a.csn.net!teal.csn.net!not-for-mail From: bediger@csn.net (Bruce Ediger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.sco.programmer,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: POSIX Threads package for ix86 and SPARC Date: 20 Jul 1995 14:03:11 -0600 Organization: "READ WAY TOO MUCH INTO EVERYTHING" club Lines: 34 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3umcpv$2p8@teal.csn.net> References: <3u0n48$89l@kruuna.helsinki.fi> <3u98kq$p38@mystech.mystech.com> <3uk201$reo@cdn_mail.telecom.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.117.27.22 Summary: DCE suxx rmaco@gauss.ma.rmit.edu.au wrote: :jcrupi@mystech.com wrote: :: We are using Solaris 2.4 threads, which are pretty easy to use. :: To make our RPC server multi-threaded, all we do is make the following :: call : : :: int mode = RPC_SVC_MT_AUTO; :: rpc_control (RPC_SVC_MTMODE_SET, &mode); :: svc_run (); [...] :The prefered standard for RPC calls using threads is a standard know as DCE :(Distributed computing Environment). According to the FAQ, DCE is available Why do you say this? DCE stuff is slow, complex and poorly integrated, as anyone who's ever used it knows. :The DCE FAQ is available at: : ftp.dstc.edu.au in /pub/DCE/FAQ and : http://www.osf.org/dce/faq-mauney.html The problem with this FAQ is that it isn't: these aren't the most Frequently Asked Questions, these are pro-DCE propaganda. It reads like it was written by an OSF marketeer. I predict the demise of FAQs as more and more of them are written by tech writers, as guided by marketeers. THey will become nothing more than commercials for the product, not real answers to real questions. Sincerely, Bruce Ediger PS A critique of DCE is available: http://www.csn.net/~bediger/anti_dce.html