hinrichs@unc.UUCP (Klaus Hinrichs) (11/06/86)
The following is an abstract of the article "A Portable Operating System Interface and Utility Library" by E. Biagioni, G. Heiser, K. Hinrichs and C. Muller. which appears in the November issue of IEEE Software. Abstract The absence of a standard layer between operating systems and Modula-2 programs makes most software written in Modula-2 nonportable. We propose OSSI, a set of library modules that hides the system-dependent details from Modula-2 application programs, as a standard layer. OSSI, the Operating System Standard Interface, has been implemented on several computers and operating systems. It allows users to port large Modula-2 programs without changing their source code. OSSI standardizes I/O operations, memory management, and utilities such as string handlers and large set operations. -- The definition modules for the kernel of the OSSI library have been posted in net.sources. They appear as OSSI: SIModulename. For further information, our (the author's) electronic mail addresses are: seismo!mcnc!unc!biagioni biagioni@cs.unc.edu seismo!mcvax!cernvax!ethz!heiser CZHETH5A%GRIDFILE (bitnet) seismo!mcnc!unc!hinrichs hinrichs@cs.unc.edu C. Muller does not have an electronic address.