>ironic "... David,
Thanks for causing me to take a deep breath and ponder how I got from telling Tom >> No, neither Transcript nor any other Xtalk dialect I'm aware of includes syntax for pointers or handles. Some of us would like to see it, at least so far as is necessary to support direct system calls from Transcript. << to telling Dar >> If there are more folks on this List interested in support for these features, we could jointly produce a complete list of suggested syntax and present it to the Xtalk List for consideration. << In retrospect, what I want is a way to handle system calls from within Transcript. While I have played with pointer manipulation in string processing externals, my only real need for pointers & handles is in processing system calls. Perhaps my (our?) focus might be better directed toward devising an Xtalk system call interface that doesn't let the scriptor know about the pointer/handle manipulation going on behind the scenes? To be less selfish, I am will to reconsider my position yet again, IF someone can show me there are other things besides handling system calls that cannot be otherwise scripted in Xtalk without pointer/handle manipulation. -- Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm "And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee." from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
