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In article <9103250530.AA24715@lilac.berkeley.edu> BITNIC IBM-NETS List <IBM-NETS%BITNIC.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
>4) The [Interlink] API is baroque. They modeled it after the VTAM interface

The Interlink API (SNS/API) actually contains three different programming
methods.  The basic architecture is that defined for a Transport Interface in 
the OSI Reference Model.  One interface provides a library of macro instruc-
tions that manipulate data structures (TPLs) which are indeed modeled on 
VTAM RPLs.  A second library provides services similar to the assembler
interface, but is for programs written in C.  This, too, uses the TPL data
structures.  Finally, a library of functions implementing a socket interface
is provided for applications written in C.  With this library, no knowledge
of the "VTAM-like" TPL structures is required.

In summary, if you like (or at least understand) VTAM, it's there for your
use.  If you prefer the Berkeley socket model, it too is there:  it's your
choice.

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