Re: boost::semaphore

From: williamkempf_at_[hidden]
Date: 2001-10-22 17:56:07

--- In boost_at_y..., "Kevin S. Van Horn" <kevin.vanhorn_at_n...> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 williamkempf_at_h... wrote:
> 
> > > 1. Where can I or other reviewers find authoritative references 
on
> > the
> > >    semantics of the POSIX and Windows synchronization 
primitives,
> > without
> > >    having to shell out $100+ bucks?
> >
> > The most authoritative reference for Windows primitives is the 
MSDN.
> > Which is to say, there is none.  The POSIX standard can be found 
on
> > the web.
> 
> Well... this is what I found on the web:
> 
>   "Neither IEEE nor ISO makes standards available for free; please 
do not ask
>    whether the POSIX threads standard is available on the Web. It 
isn't."
> 
> I don't know how they expect people to use a secret standard... 
(Not many
> people want to shell out $120 for a standard.)

I know there's a copy (probably a draft copy) on the Web, as I used 
it during development.  Hopefully someone else can point it out, as I 
got the link from someone on here.

As for the cost... I'd say $120 is too much.  The ISO C++ document 
can be purchased in electronic form for $18.  However, the people who 
usually care about this form of documentation will usually not find 
$120 to be a cost they can't live with, either.

Bill Kempf