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In message <3C885A58.4040307@zytor.com> you write:
> Okay, dumb question...
>
> What can this do that shared memory + existing semaphores can't do?
>
> -hpa

Ignoring speed issues and the fundamentally horrible interface of SysV
semaphores, there are two main issues:

1) There's a limit on the number of SysV semaphores you can have.
2) Instead of one object to deal with (ie. a memory region), you now
have two, with different lifetimes.

Hope that clarifies,
Rusty.
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