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Java Threading and Signal Handling

While working on AIOJ, I came across an issue with java.lang.Object.wait() and and calling java.lang.Object.notify() from a signal handler. With POSIX AIO, there are two ways to receive notification that an I/O operation has completed. One is through a signal and the other is by calling a specified method in a temporary thread. When using [...]

My Five Biggest Complaints With Desktop Linux

I use Linux all the time. I’m writing this on my primary workstation, a notebook, that’s running Ubuntu 6.10. I have a cluster of computers at home running openSUSE. My home router runs IP Cop. My desktop machine runs Linux. The computer my wife uses runs Linux. The computer hosting this blog runs Linux. There [...]

  

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