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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-07-07, Mark Daniel <mark.daniel at wasd.vsm.com.au> wrote:
>
> Look for...
>
> /*
>   * SYS$GET_ENTROPY METHOD
>   * ======================
>   *
>   * This is a high entropy method based on a new system service that is
>   * based on getentropy() from FreeBSD 12.  It's only used if available,
>   * and its availability is detected at run-time.
>   *
>   * We assume that this function provides full entropy random output.
>   */
> #define PUBLIC_VECTORS "SYS$LIBRARY:SYS$PUBLIC_VECTORS.EXE"
> #define GET_ENTROPY "SYS$GET_ENTROPY"
> 8< snip 8<
>

FINALLY!!! (I hope :-) See below.)

It is a shared system pool based on information observable at system
level, or are VSI implementing some per-process hack ?

Simon.

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