Re: writing lexical functions

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From: Luke Brennan
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 01:52

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In article <12DEC199200264446@spades.aces.com>, gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546) writes:
> In article <Bz3KEC.Es2@wm.estec.esa.nl>, hevans@estcs1.dnet.estec.esa.nl writes...
> # 
> #Can anyone out there tell me if it is possible to write my own lexical
> #functions, and how?
> 
[...]
> 	The answer to your implied question is NO, you cannot normally
> 	write your own lexical functions into DCL.
[...]
> 
> 	Ehud

	Why precisely? No hooks? Yes, but undocumented? Totally impossible?
	'you cannot normally'.. okay - so what about NOT normally? :-)
	Isn't this the kind of thing an internals guru would *eat* ? !!
        Seems like an incredible oversight for VMS - I recall even PRIMOS
	had that kind of thing standard in the RTL..

	Just asking.. Luke.

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