-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick O'Keefe Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SVC's
<SNIP> ... I suspect you are not ready to write an SVC if you aren't already familiar with tools like that. I know there is no clear logic in my statement, but I would want a army of tools before I launched into writing an SVC. I may be the only one on this list that has not written one so maybe my concern is irrational, but it seems to me that a lot of damage can be done by an errant SVC. <SNIP> I don't know all those tools. I have written several SVCs, PC/PT routines, SRB (cross memory type) routines (some for and in IBM products). But I do know how to get the SVC table to see what has been installed w/o those tools (e.g., IPCS against ACTIVE and look at the SVC table). I also know how to look at the running system to see what has been built (Sub system stuff). So knowing or not knowing the commercial tools does not necessarily make one an SVC writer. Knowing the rules and being able to write appropriate code while having a need for such a specialized routine makes one an SVC writer. Just one man's opinion (who has done it). Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
