[Info-vax] VMS process communication

[Richard Maher]

On 14/09/2022 7:23 am, Robert A. Brooks wrote:
> On 9/13/2022 4:52 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 9/13/2022 12:08 PM, Lee Gleason wrote:
> 
>>> And event flags and locks?
> 
>> 
>> While some things can be used for simple communications, I'd expect
>>  much more from "communication".  But yeah, a simple True/False
>> can be considered communication.
> Lock value blocks can pass up to 16 bytes of data, or 64 bytes if
> using extended lock value blocks.
> 
> Shadowing driver is a heavy consumer of locks and lock value blocks.
> 
> -- Rob
> 
> 

And I believe with Oracle's DLM the LVB can incorporate an entire 
database page which forms the infrastructure needed for Cache Fusion.

The rest of us just have to BLAST the holder and ping it to disk unless 
you're a single node with global buffers.

Anyway, I'd just like to say well done @Arne an not bitch about "but you 
didn't do this". If Arne's put it in GitHub then knock yourselves out.