[Info-vax] Use of logical names other than I/O redirection
Marc Van Dyck
marc.gr.vandyck at invalid.skynet.be
Sun Sep 11 12:00:46 EDT 2022
Bob Gezelter explained :
> If there are multiple writers, the classic dangers of
> multiple modifiers of uninterlocked storage locations apply. At today's
> speeds, this is an ever more serious hazard.
To get around this issue, I wrote a DCL jacket around $ENQ/$DEQ system
services. Anyone wanting to read or write in a shared table must
acquire
the corresponding lock beforehand and release it afterwards. Never
failed on me.
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Marc Van Dyck
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