On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:31:26 -0500, Craddock, Chris wrote:

>
>> A reentrant program is one that can be run by multiple *tasks*
>> at the same time.  It is NOT defined as one that can be used
>> by multiple *address spaces* at the same time.
>>
>> If you can find any two tasks that can not use a program at
>> the same time, then that program is NOT reentrant.
>
>Oh dear, the thread that will never die.
>
>As far as MVS (Binder and Contents) is concerned, "reentrant" only means
>that the code does not modify itself. Period.
>

That's NOT what it says in the Program Management manual.

>
>Now can we give this poor ex-equine a decent burial?

Not if you want to keep beating it with your own definition.

-- 
Tom Marchant

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