From: Larry D Bohan, Jr [LBohan@dbc.spam_less..com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 10:24 AM
To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject: Re: Calling a system service

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 23:32:28 -0400, David A Froble
<davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

>"Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-" wrote:
>> 
>> In article <1999Oct11.175351.1@eisner>, kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen) writes:
>> >Your other post said you do it from Basic.
>> >I agree that compilers can and do catch such errors,
>> >but Tomasz Dryjanski is trying to do it from C,
>> >a much lower level language.
>> 
>> Lower level like pond scums and slime molds would be in the Elizabeth Chain
>> of Being?  ;)
>> 
>> --
>> VAXman- OpenVMS APE certification number: AAA-0001           VAXman@TMESIS.COM
>
>Yeah, real low!  If you're not going to use a compiler that can do some simple
>syntax checking and other cook book reciepe stuff, then why not just program
>the damn thing in ones and zeros?  :-)
>
>Dave

it's probably worth pointing out, that in a pinch, 
on the later versions of Alpha,  if you use #include starlet,
and also compile w/ __NEW_STARLET, you will drag in more
complete function prototypes ...

....
#define  sys$getuai  SYS$GETUAI
 
#ifdef __cplusplus          /* Define structure prototypes */
struct _iosb;
#endif      /* #ifdef __cplusplus */
 
#ifdef __NEW_STARLET
int sys$getuai(
    unsigned int efn,
    unsigned int *contxt,
    void *usrnam,
    void *itmlst,
    struct _iosb *iosb,
    void (*astadr)(__unknown_params),
    int astprm);
#else   /* __OLD_STARLET */
int sys$getuai(__unknown_params);
#endif  /* #ifdef __NEW_STARLET */
...