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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 [...]

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 [...]