[HECnet] DECnet/E programming manual / examples

Macro! Here be lions, indeed! -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE <owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE> On Behalf Of Paul Koning Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021 6:51 PM To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: Re: [HECnet] DECnet/E programming manual / examples <Keith.Halewood at pitbulluk.org> wrote: (http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp11/rsts/V09/6_System_Programming/AA-EZ0 9A-TC_Prog_RSTS_E_V9.4_Programming_Manual_Jun87.pdf) about setting up message handling (generic local and also decnet/e) but as Paul has said, it is very low level and as far away from a transparent task= type setup as is possible to be. That's the standard Basic-PLUS API, but while that manual mentions in passing that other function codes of the send/receive system call are used with DECnet, it does not spell out what those function codes are or how to use them. There's nothing like the transparent task access that VMS has. The "high level" subroutine library is not anywhere near that high level... but it's about the most convenient interface you'll find. Many of the DEC supplied DECnet/E utilities use that library, but unfortunately all of them are fairly long. Hm... "mirror" is an assembly language program, it uses a set of macros that correspond 1:1 with the DNEHLL library functions. It's the receiving end of a connection rather than the sending end but it might still be somewhat useful, at least it's fairly short. paul