On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:52 PM, trifle menot <trifleme...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:39 AM, Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Your question is "why haven't OS developers done what I think is >> right?" >> The answer to that question is "because the POSIX standard says we >> shouldn't, and is quite clear about this." > > Show me where POSIX says VTIME must be an interbyte timer.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap11.html#tag_11_01_07 >> When it looks like the hypothetical application problem >> can be solved using the full UNIX API, I'll stop worrying about it and >> worry about real problems. > > You believe a solution exists, but you can't tell me what it is. And you *still* haven't provided a clear answer to "what problem are you trying to solve?" that doesn't assume the answer. Philip Guenther
