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Re: writing lexical functions

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From: Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:54
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In article <BzCAvM.9o9@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>, silverm@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Jeff Silverman) writes...
#	I, for one, would like a complete time arithmetic package.  Yes,
#I know I can run a program, use the $ASCTIM and $BINTIM system services and
#the LIB$ADDX and LIB$SUBX calls to do the time arithmetic.  But, doing all
#that takes an image activation, plus, I gotta get the symbols out of DCL and
#put the answer back into a symbol in DCL... a mess.

Would be nice...

#	I would like a silo of the last few (20? 30?) error messages, including
#the 32 bit error codes.

I'd say the last 3-4 would be cool, but that's not there either.  This would
require a patch to $exit or $putmsg.

#	I would like a lexical function which returns the CPU type (Alpha, or
#VAX).

if f$getsyi("HOW_MODEL") .gt. 1023 then ALPHA else VAX

# 
#	Jeff Silverman, Boeing
# 
#>--
#>Ehud Gavron        (EG76)     
#>gavron@vesta.sunquest.com

	Ehud

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Ehud Gavron        (EG76)     
gavron@vesta.sunquest.com
Did I do an INCORRECT THING??
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From: gavron@spades.aces.com (Ehud Gavron 602-570-2000 x. 2546)
Newsgroups: vmsnet.misc
Subject: Re: writing lexical functions
Message-ID: <17DEC199211540418@spades.aces.com>
Date: 17 Dec 92 18:54:00 GMT
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