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On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, John Kodis wrote: > status = sys$qio( > READ_OPCODE, fd, buffer, sizeof(buffer), > <lots of other parameters that I've long since forgotten>, > ast_function, ast_parameter, ...); > > The read would get posted, and when complete the ast_function would > get called with the ast_parameter in the context of the process that > posted the QIO. This provided a powerful and easy-to-use method of > dealing with async IO. It's one of the few VMS features that I wish > Unix supported. Yep, this was very cool. I used it for great effect in a MUD game I wrote on VAX/VMS 5.1 yonks ago at university. Cheers, Alex -- /\_/\ Legalise cannabis now! ( o.o ) Smoke some cannabis today! > ^ < Peace, Love, Unity and Respect to all. http://www.tahallah.demon.co.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu | |||||||||
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