Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!mcdchg!usenet 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 Article-I.D.: mcdchg.1120 Posted: Thu Jul 16 12:33:56 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 07:58:34 EDT References: <881@mcdchg.UUCP> <984@mcdchg.UUCP> Sender: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP Lines: 16 Approved: usenet@mcdchg.UUCP 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)