On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 17:20 -0500, Kirk Wolf wrote: > I have a different view of Peter Relson's posts - I think that he is only > trying to explain which parts of control blocks are meant to be interfaces > and which are not. This distinction has no analog in modern operating > systems, where interfaces are expressed *entirely* by APIs and service > routines, and not by skipping through PSA->ASCB->etc.etc.
I take it then you've not taken a stroll down task_list on a Linux system. Meandering off from (any) task_struct is remarkably familiar. Having the code is, of course, the key here. > In any case, I appreciate Mr. Relson's (and other IBMers) contributions to > IBM-MAIN, even if I don't always like what they say. Likewise. My beef is with the corporate dictate. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html