On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Tim Murphy <tnmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would suggest pretending that one has semaphores first with some nice > little abstraction and then implementing them in the best way the platform > has to offer. > How about we introduce functions called acquire_semaphore() and release_semaphore()? Oh, wait, we did. Platforms without semaphores might use a file and locking or if that > doesn't work then they can't implement the feature and you configure it out. > This kind of (re)invention is not known to be needed at this time. I have the impression Eli has the Windows port in hand, he's just skeptical about a few details. And what's there now is already the LCD for most other platforms as far as I know. David
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