From: news@cct-net.co.uk   
      
   On 06/12/2025 15:57, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 12/6/2025 10:33 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> On 12/6/2025 5:42 AM, Marc Van Dyck wrote:   
   >>> User written lexical functions, on the other hand, would be a real   
   >>> bonus. There are, for one, still many parts of the operating system   
   >>> for which you need to get information, and the only possible way to do   
   >>> it is to parse some output (think of everything TCP/IP, for example),   
   >>> while there is a callable interface available to get the info properly.   
   >>   
   >> Yes.   
   >>   
   >> And even though it is possible to run an exe that set a symbol   
   >> with lib$set_symbol, then getting it as a lexical would make it   
   >> more readable.   
   >   
   > Note that VSI could add it to existing DCL:   
   >   
   > f$udl(shrimg, arg1, ...)   
   >   
   > with a convention of entry point:   
   >   
   > int udl$function(int narg, enum dcl_type *argtyp, void *argval, enum   
   > dcl_typ *rettyp, void *retval)   
   >   
   > If they wanted to.   
   >   
   > New lexical functions have been added over time.   
   >   
   > Arne   
   >   
      
   Too true - many of them. I started using DCL on VMS 4.7   
      
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   Chris   
      
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