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Re: constructor daemon vs. constructor library


From: Jonathan S. Shapiro
Subject: Re: constructor daemon vs. constructor library
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:35:20 -0500

On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 18:29 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
> You need code to call the daemon which presumably is in a library.
> Why is that so much simpler than spawning a new process which performs
> the same function?

1. The stub code to call the daemon is automatically generated.
2. How does the new process know *how* to perform the function? Where
does it get the initial capabilities for the new process, some of which
you do not hold?
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