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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.telstra.net!news-out.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!fido.asd.sgi.com!refugee.engr.sgi.com!sca From: sca@refugee.engr.sgi.com (Steve Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Date: 2 Apr 1997 04:41:05 GMT Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 10 Message-ID: <5hso11$4ji@fido.asd.sgi.com> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5hnam9$393@hoopoe.psc.edu> <5hp7p3$1qb@fido.asd.sgi.com> <33402E4E.6937@indy.celebration.net> Reply-To: sca@sgi.com NNTP-Posting-Host: fddi-refugee.engr.sgi.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38343 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6564 comp.sys.sgi.misc:29637 In article <33402E4E.6937@indy.celebration.net>, John S. Dyson <dyson@indy.celebration.net> wrote: >A read/write system call is not null unless it is special cased. I agree that this test is not well named, but I have to side with Larry in that it is a much more representative measure than say, getpid(). -- Steve Alexander | Silicon Graphics, Inc. | +1 (415) 933-6172 (Voice) sca@sgi.com | http://reality.sgi.com/sca | +1 (415) 933-0513 (FAX) "O2: Ignite Your Toast."