In <[email protected]>, on
10/30/2011
at 04:15 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt <[email protected]> said:
>When the linkage editor processes this, it can either write out
>separate records for each, or 'fill in the holes' and combine it all
>into one record. That latter is more efficient, and, as I understand
>it, is what the linkage editor does and always did.
Close; the Linkage Editor will not fill in a hole at the beginning or
end or a TXT record.
>Has this changed from OS/360 version 1 up until current z/OS?
Current z/OS zeros dynamic storage; OS/360 did not. Perhaps John can
provide a timeline as to which changes occurred when.
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