>PDSE's were great until IBM decided to support them as non-SMS constructs. >They took an (elegant) implementation and screwed it up with dual code->streams and other unnatural acts to force it into that environment.
I've never heard anyone claim PDSEs were "great". Even "good" would be a stretch. Making SMS a requirement for PDSEs was a marketing decision, not a technical one. Support for a non-SMS environment has nothing to do with current problems. PDSEs were buggy for a long time after introduction, and many of the current complaints about PDSEs trace back to the original design. "Elegant" is a word rarely used in a PDSE discussion. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
