Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030319AbXBORRZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:17:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030321AbXBORRZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:17:25 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:38282 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030319AbXBORRY (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:17:24 -0500 Message-ID: <45D49597.4080105@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:17:11 -0800 From: Ulrich Drepper Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [patch 05/11] syslets: core code References: <20070213142035.GF638@elte.hu> <20070215133550.GA29274@2ka.mipt.ru> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.2.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigE6D6749E18D92F241969FBD7" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1835 Lines: 49 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigE6D6749E18D92F241969FBD7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Linus Torvalds wrote: > Here's a quick question: how many people have actually ever seen them u= sed=20 > in "normal code"?=20 >=20 > Yeah. Nobody uses them. They're not all that portable (even within unix= es=20 > they aren't always there, much less in other places), they are fairly=20 > obscure, and they are just not really easy to use. That's nonsense. They are widely used (just hear people scream if something changes or breaks) and they are available on all Unix implementations which are not geared towards embedded use. POSIX makes AIO in the next revision mandatory. Just because you don't like it, don't discount it. Yes, the interface is not the best. But this is what you get if you cannot dictate interfaces to everybody. You have to make concessions. --=20 =E2=9E=A7 Ulrich Drepper =E2=9E=A7 Red Hat, Inc. =E2=9E=A7 444 Castro St = =E2=9E=A7 Mountain View, CA =E2=9D=96 --------------enigE6D6749E18D92F241969FBD7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF1JWX2ijCOnn/RHQRAkCHAJwNZ1GhW+/jtxYkGdrX4oSaZY/Y4ACgyTOn OSRNeNnBOGB8U9rljJjC5ww= =tPnt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigE6D6749E18D92F241969FBD7-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/