On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:37:59 -0400 John P Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>IBM has accomplished a great deal in recent years in extending the :>instruction set. :>One of the most useful enhancements, IMHO, is the :>immediate-and-relative-instruction facility. :>However, there is one area which I feel remains a weakness. That area is :>storage key handling. :>With virtually unlimited memory (please forgive the pun), we are still :>limited to a 4-bit storage key. [ big snip ] :>Now, what would this enhancement buy us? :>I see it being principally used for storage subpools. We can establish far :>greater storage access granularity than is now possible. I don't understand your business case. Why are more keys needed? -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
