thread execution order

[Axel Mittendorf]

"Rembrandt Q Einstein" <hercules.rockefeller at springfield.??.us> wrote:
> You don't need a timer.  Just every time your program tries to write, it
> first checks the pipe.  If it can write, it does.  If it can't, it
> buffers until the next time it tries.
What if there is no "next time". The buffered message might be buffered
until
my not yet planned child can program perl (no way, tv is enough)
or Linux is sold in bottles ;-)

THX, Axel