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7.4. Other Types of Synchronization
Prior to the advent of POSIX threads, thread synchronization occurred between processes. The most common mechanisms were the System V IPC calls for shared memory, message queues, and semaphores. The use of the System V IPC calls has now been deprecated in favor of POSIX thread calls.
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