In other words more lipstick is being applied here. When are they going to realize that it's a pig ?
Mohammad On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 08:41:53 -0800, Edward Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote: >Steve Samson <[email protected]> writes: >>> The "bar" is a thick one, from 2g to 4g, "sacrificed" to avoid a >>> somewhat unlikely compatibility exposure. Undisciplined use of the >>> high-order bit in 31-bit addresses could have led to unexpected >>> results. The thick bar avoids such a problem. Considering the vast >>> magnitude of 64-bit virtual addresses, why should anyone care or do >>> anything to circumvent the omitted address range? >>> > >The z/OS RSM developers introduced functionality to allow Java to >acquire storage within the previously "thick" bar for performance reasons. > >-- >Edward E Jaffe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
