On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:57:07 +0000, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >>I don't even like ordinary PDS. Other operating systems don't need them. > >That doesn't make them wrong. >There are some implementation flaws, but they exist, so use them, and know >flaws and repairs. > If you don't understand what's wrong with PDS, re-read Etienne Thijsse's thread on attempting to delete a PDSE member. Or imagine my astonished dismay the first time I allocated a member with DISP=(OLD,DELETE) and watched the entire PDS vanish. Enough counterintuitive behaviors and "flaws" with recondite repairs add up to "wrong".
>PS: Can you spell DLL? > Nobody's perfect; that's no excuse. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
