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From: Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net>
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Subject: Re: Python (was Re: I did not inhale)
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with <v9pvoo$1sn55$1@dont-email.me> Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
> On 2024-08-17 11:01, Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>> On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:02:20 -0000 (UTC)
>> kalevi@kolttonen.fi (Kalevi Kolttonen) gabbled:

>>> So it is indeed a vague question of what belongs in given
>>> programming languages.
>> Indeed. And this gives rise to inconsistency. Why is threading now
>> considered a core part of C++ but multi process isn't? Perhaps
>> because Windows is hopeless at the latter in user space but it could
>> just be personal preference within the C++ steering committee, who
>> knows.
> Windows inter-process API are far more advanced than what UNIX ever
> had.  It would be enough to mention famous file locks. These days

But at what cost?  (Hint: <CVE-2024-38063>.)

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