[Info-vax] Listeners in VMS Basic, was: Re: Integrity iLO Configuration?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 6/25/2021 10:02 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> I'll just address my opinion of threads.  Not saying they are useless, 
> but, if the OS, VMS, already gives me separate "threads" called 
> processes, why do I want the aggravation of re-inventing it inside my apps?
> 
> I'm sure someone will cry out "performance", but, with today's 
> processors, performance is most likely a rare issue.

Threading provides a very convenient programming model.

Shared heap is a lot easier than IPC.

Sure - it is also possible to shoot oneself in the foot
accessing that shared heap.

But for people that understand concurrency problems and
locking then it should not be a big problem.

Arne