On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:39:43 -0500, Gary DiPillo wrote: > >Can someone suggest how these programs that are marked as re-entrant can be >loaded and executed without error even though they are storing data within >themselves? > Classically, unless the program is loaded from an APF-authorized library, it is loaded into writable storage. Recently, in z/OS, it can be loaded from a non-authorized library into write-protected storage. But that's an installation option, and to select it you'd need to persuade a z/OS systems administrator to do something new. Some people believe that's difficult.
I think it was a design oversight that got institutionalized. We can now discuss the nuances of RENT and REFR. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
