In message <001201c8c20e$0cc11410$a0f23e45@DJFJQK21>, Walter J. Murray 
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>Dave wrote:

>> Hope so, but someone else said it wouldn't work because of a deadlock 
>>if   daddy  kills off junior while junior is waiting for a lock.  I 
>>haven't seen   anyone  else refute that, and I wouldn't claim to know. 
>>We do only really simple  locking and I've never had to pay attention 
>>to deadlock rules.

>Yes, that might be a problem.  Not a deadlock, per se, but I don't know
>what happens if you try to kill a child process while it's waiting on an
>unconditional lock request to be satisfied.

>> Meanwhile, is this still at the prison system ?  Anyone else find it 
>>ironic  that they might have issues with locking strategy ? :)

>You think that's bad?  Try programming in an environment where you're
>not allowed to use "escape" sequences!

>Walter

It's useful to have software in a prison, though. Whenever you need a 
new block of cells, all you have to do is open a spreadsheet :-)

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