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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
Subject: Re: Advantage of XML based GUI? (was Re: Ada-inspired OS/Language)
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nickroberts@blueyonder.co.uk (Nick Roberts) writes:

> What is an 'AST' in this context, please?

I think Larry is referring to "Asynchronous System Trap", which is a VMS
thing, sort of like what Unix calls a "signal" and what some others call
a "software interrupt".

- Bob