Linked by David Adams on Sat 16th Jul 2005 23:09 UTC
Some weeks after Neal Walfield implemented POSIX semaphores for libpthread, Marcus Brinkmann has now implemented SysV shared memory for the GNU Hurd in glibc, based on some earlier work done by Neal. This was probably the last commonly used POSIX feature missing in the Hurd, and having shared memory available will make several programs work much better. 
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RE[4]: Does someone even want it?
by orestes on Sun 17th Jul 2005 01:28
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RE[4]: Does someone even want it?
by on Mon 18th Jul 2005 02:43
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Member since:Remember: "GNU's Not Unix". Linux is a unix clone, essentially. HURD is very different. As far as GNU is concerned, Linux was never more than a stopgap.
HURD has grown larger than Stallman, and I for one look forward to the day when it takes its rightful place among top-of-the-line OS's. I'd like to see both HURD and Linux prosper.
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The 30+ year old design of *nix has fundamental design flaws that are too deep to fix. There's only so much you're going to be able to tack onto the old infrastructure before it becomes totally unworkable. The Hurd (started in 1985, BTW) is one of several attempts to fix those fundamental design flaws. It has little if anything to do with RMS's feelings toward Linux.