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''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points) | ''Question 3'': Compare and contrast asynchronous I/O and non-blocking I/O. Detail interactions with the UNIX systems model. (3 points) | ||
''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its instructions (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content) (1 point) | ''Bonus question'': Identify the source of either this exam's epigram or its instructions (no, this was not covered in lecture, nor is it germane to the class content). (1 point) | ||
"In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the fortunes of the hacker tribe." | |||
--Eric S. Raymond | |||
"The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination." | |||
--Frederick P. Brooks | |||
"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ''ideas''." | |||
--G. H. Hardy | |||
"If you have trouble sounding condescending, find a UNIX user to show you how it's done." | |||
--Scott Adams | |||
Enjoy your summers! Go forth and construct great marvels. Do try and avoid Apple products. --nlb | |||