[Info-vax] VMS Software Q1 '23 Update

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On Tue, 2023-02-07 at 14:02 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
> > > You can have application level bugchecks that take down the
> > > application only and in a controlled manner. That's also what I
> > > am talking about here in addition to the system-level bugchecks.
> > 
> > I wasn't aware that was possible, one learns something new!
> 
> Sorry, that didn't come across correctly.
> 
> I meant the concept of an application shutting itself down in a way
> comparable to a VMS bugcheck if it detects an internal integrity
> failure.

Oh yes, that's perfectly fine.

> However, you can indeed have non-fatal bugchecks on VMS that kill the
> process, but not the system. RMS uses them and they are (usually)
> non-fatal to the system itself.

Makes sense. 
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