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Re:Rethinking the filesystem as global mutable state, the ro... by amelius on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @11:56AM (#20156586)
Instead of "ownership transfer" you can also use locks. Read and write locks are already supported on many filesystems.
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Re:Rethinking the filesystem as global mutable state, the ro... by satyenr on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @12:25PM (#20156888)
Well, you can also use global variables safely with locks.
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