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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Re: UNIX Facilities for Interpreters
Message-ID: <1120@mcdchg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 12:33:56 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 16 12:33:56 1987
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In article <984@mcdchg.UUCP>, campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell) writes:
> In article <881@mcdchg.UUCP> boba@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Bob Alexander) writes:
>> Modern, memory managed operating systems (like UNIX) have addressed
> Bob goes on to lament the fact that data can't easily be shared among
> UNIX processes and proposes a new system call to allow this.  ([This
> problem] could have been solved by VMS, but wasn't).

Sure it was.  Look up sys$crmpsc().

Ok, ok, you said *easily*....but what *is* easy under VMS?  This is
certainly no more difficult than using sys$qiow to read a character
without echo or waiting for RETURN.

					der Mouse

				(mouse@mcgill-vision.uucp)