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From: "Tarjei T. Jensen" <tarjei.jensen@kvaerner.com>
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Subject: Re: howto make system calls (newbie question)
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:25:36 +0200
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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).


Greetings,