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IIRC the initial implementation of what became POSIX locks was cobbled together in a weekend just so that the author could submit something to the POSIX group b
by Joker_vD 4y ago
IIRC the initial implementation of what became POSIX locks was cobbled together in a weekend just so that the author could submit something to the POSIX group but then apparently nobody else did, or bothered to read/argue, so it got standardized as-is, with all of its unfortunate implications.