Scott Herman ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: At 11:37 PM 3/23/95 GMT, Mike Paivinen wrote:
: >
: >During the "shared globals" project, we discussed whether to restructure
: >the POSIX libraries and create a /lib/libc.sl.  At this time, we have
: >no plans to create a /lib/libc.sl.
 
 
: That's too bad. What you have, in effect done, is to limit C/POSIX
: development efforts to non-XL able code. Although consistent with the old
: Unix/POSIX approach, this cuts developers off from one of the biggest
: advantages of MPE from a both the performance and development/maintenance
: perspectives, shareable run time bound code, known in MPE/iX as the XL.
[big snip]
 
There was a communicator article that went out with the shared globals that
describes how to put posix interfaces into an XL.  It's entirely possible
to gain the advantages you seek, the article explains how.
 
Steve