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From: utility@cs.mcgill.ca (Ronald BODKIN)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.x
Subject: signals in XLISP
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Date: 13 Feb 91 20:19:43 GMT
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	Does anyone have any ideas on making XLISP handle asynchronous
events, i.e. how can one have a signal routine execute an xlisp form
and then return control to a previously executing one?  I'm interested
in something like having a timer set a signal few seconds, and
executing code to handle this situation.
		Ron
p.s. by signal I mean the ANSI-C type of signal