[Info-vax] Volatile, was: Re: yet another sys$qiow question

[Bob Koehler]

In article <55e0994f$0$17002$b1db1813$2411a48f at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
> 
> And when discussing with people who deal in real time, they are all
> adament that it must all be an event loop, no ASTs allowed. So while I
> never had to do this, I think it is possible that some types of apps
> might actually do need to poll the IOSB as part of their real time event
> loop. (if it is more efficient than checking event flags).

   Did tons of ASTs in real-time.  Hard real-time.  I'd never want an
   event loop.

   But I know a few who don't understand there systems and do want an
   event loop.