[Info-vax] VMS process communication

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 9/13/2022 8:56 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/13/2022 8:38 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 9/13/2022 12:08 PM, Lee Gleason wrote:
>>> On 9/12/2022 10:23 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 9/12/2022 6:58 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> I did a little writeup:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/articles/vmsipc.html
>>
>>>> Why no mention of mailboxs ?
>>>
>>>    And event flags and locks?
>>
>> To me those are synchronization techniques not communication
>> techniques - or at least not general communication techniques.
> 
> As Rob pointed out, one can do a lot with the DLM.
> 
> Isn't synchronization itself a form of communication?

Yes.

But not what I would call general communication.

It is not intended to send arbitrary messages - it is
intended to synchronize flows.

Arne