On 02.03.2025 19:28, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:
On 02.03.2025 17:32, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Total_memory := 0;
REPEAT
Ss_status := $GETJPI( PIDADR := Wild_pid, EFN := 4, ITMLST := Jpi_list );
IF ODD( Ss_status ) AND (Terminal_len <> 0) THEN
BEGIN
$WAITFR( 4 ); { Wait for asynch stuff to return } >>>
What's that '$' preceding the function names? (I don't recall that
from the Pascal standard or from the versions I programmed with.)
"$" is a legal character in the set that can be used for Pascal identifiers
Hmm.. - I've never seen that before.
Actually I had learned Pascal in the early 80's from a book that was -
if memory serves correctly - based on Addyman: "A draft proposal for
Pascal", which (ISTR) was the base for the Pascal standard? - The
book defines identifiers like [A-Z][A-Z0-9]* . - Of course I may be misremembering; after all it was nearly 45 years ago that I read it.
- Or could it have been a non-standard implementation on the VAX 11?
(and, indeed, in C, specifically to support Digital dialects).
...sounds like it.
But VAX/Pascal identifiers are anyway of not much interest nowadays,
and specifically here; we're digressing. - Subject adjusted. exit(1)
Janis
In this particular case, the usage mirrors the MACRO-32 system call identifiers. $GETJPI calls the operating system Get Job Information
system call which takes an item list and returns per-item data (e.g.
process identifier, user id, terminal association, etc) to the caller.
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