> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of john gilmore > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:02 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Best practice for 24-bit storage in assembler called from > C/C++ <Snipped> > The absence of this facility from C--Dennis Ritchie did not understand > what controlled storage was for--is the reason for all the ugliness of > multiple copies of writable static in C.
OK, I'll bite. What is/was the intended purpose of controlled storage? I remember when I first was learning PL/1 (too many moons ago to count) being fascinated by it, but at that time I couldn't really see what the advantage(s) of controlled storage over based storage were. Than I had to move on to a non-PL/1 shop and I kind of lost track of it. TIA for curing my ignorance. Peter This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
