From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,92640d662fc31a03 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-09 06:58:08 PST Path: newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!easynews!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: howto make system calls (newbie question) Message-ID: <2ecbjJt$+0y8@eisner.encompasserve.org> References: <9d6c89$1nd$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9d87id$oll15@news.kvaerner.com> <9d8ute$8tt9@news.kvaerner.com> <9dauu7$8m913@news.kvaerner.com> Organization: LJK Software Date: 9 May 2001 07:28:56 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 989407739 216.44.122.34 (Wed, 09 May 2001 11:28:59 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 11:28:59 GMT Xref: newsfeed.google.com comp.lang.ada:7367 Date: 2001-05-09T07:28:56-05:00 List-Id: In article <9dauu7$8m913@news.kvaerner.com>, "Tarjei T. Jensen" writes: > > Larry Kilgallen wrote >>The proposal was to implement standard datatypes for system calls. >>A descriptor is the most common datatype for VMS system calls. I >>am sure that other operating systems have their own datatypes that >>also do not have universal applicability. > > Why would someone include VMS specifics for Unix or windows nt for that > matter? It makes no sense to have items specific for Unix on a VMS system > (unless one is using the posix subsystem). I certainly agree, but I was responding to a thread with entries espousing codification of all "standard datatypes" that might be used in system calls. I consider that unworkable, because what constitutes a "standard datatype" varies so much between various operating systems. Basically, I do not feel there is progress to be made in that direction.