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

[JF Mezei]

On 15-08-28 18:41, "VAXman- "@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> $SYNCH will put the process into LEF whether you use a valid event flag or
> EFN$C_ENF


LEF is evil :-)

It means your program can't do anything while waiting for an IO which
may never complete.

And when a program hangs in LEF, it often ends up in the ever more evil
RWAST when you try to kill it so you can restart it, which requires a
reboot of the universe.