"Eric F. Richards" wrote:
>
> Greetings, all...
>
> I'm looking for some MPE method of setting a flag asynchronously as
> the result of a timer expiration -- in other words, flip an integer
> from 0 to 1 after 5 seconds, without waiting for that to happen.
> I'd also like a call to "kill off" this timer once set:

...simple POSIX method snipped...

You are aware that your POSIX method will work on MPE, aren't you?

> Any way to duplicate that in the MPE world?

If you were going to do this with a pure MPE solution, it might theoretically
be possible with a message file, FCONTROL(48), a timed read, and a paper clip.
;-)  I've wondered about this for a long, long time but never had occasion to
try it.

- Mark B.
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