[Info-vax] $GETTIM and $GETTIM_PREC on modern systems

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2022-07-08 00:14:55 +0000, Mark Daniel said:

> Question posted at
> 
>> https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8509&sid=07767e84ea266b91e0bb9511d966b1a6 
>> 

I asked the OpenVMS developers about that back around its launch; about 
why a whole new API was needed. Would have been simpler to announce an 
increase to the (AFAIK then-undocumented) accuracy of $gettim.

Also pointed out the naming was wrong; that the new API was offering 
better accurancy, while both old and new API offered the same precision.

For OpenSSL, not a huge fan of efforts to acquire (undocumented) 
entropy from a timekeeping-related API. And OpenSSL needs better 
contacts with VSI.

V8.3 is sixteen years old. If the sites are that far back and clearly 
not upgrading OpenVMS, what are the chances they're also upgrading SSL? 
Using an LTS interval of 10 years knocks V8.4 off the list, too.

VSI had been discussing entropy a while back, but how much of that made 
it into the release? The entropy engine was listed, but I've not poked 
at it.  Entropy discussion, from a few years ago:

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.vms/c/BmIXV0gN3n8/m/mETohq6qAgAJ

Yeah; my usual hammer-lock grasp of the obvious on full display here, 
of course.

Shorter URL: https://forum.vmssoftware.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8509

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