barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Barrier-id must be used in calls to the other barrier routines (listed in the Description section) to identify the barrier. barrier-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the barrier. The optional barrier-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the barrier name. The name of the barrier is arbitrary. If you do not specify this argument, or if you specify 0, an unnamed barrier is created. An arbitrary number of unnamed barriers may be created by a given application. quorum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Number of participants required to terminate an active wait for this barrier. The quorum argument is the address of a signed word containing the quorum number. For example, a quorum value of 3 indicates that the first two callers of PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER specifying this barrier-id are blocked until a third caller calls PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER. At that point, all three participants are released for further processing. If you do not specify a value for quorum, a default value of 1 is assigned.