[comp.os.vms] Re

RAY@CRVAX.SRI.COM.UUCP (05/29/87)

With postscript printers the problem with accounting is a little more
difficult than just asking the printer for the pages.   This comes from
the fact that the printer can generate messages at any time.  Another
thing you need to consider are what to do when the printer is turned off
or is disconnected.

Having written a symbiont to deal with a Laserwriter plus the accounting
problem is the most difficult part.  The one thing I did like about
doing it was operator requests generated by the symbiont when the 
laserwriter encounters a printer problem.  The operators hate me...:-)

Ray

RAY@CRVAX.SRI.COM (Ramon M. Curiel) (01/21/88)

I believe that SDL stands for Symbol Definition Language.  As its name implies
it is a language used to create symbol definitions.  In fact it can generate
definitions for Macro-32, Bliss, Basic, Fortran, and Pascal that I know of
for sure.  I suspect it should be able to do PL1 since it is a written in
PL1.  SDL is included in the source distribution kit.  The SDLNPARSE is used
to generate include files from an intermediate point, where SDL generates
from a source file.

Ray