That "There is no easy way that I know to determine if the current
step is the last step that uses the dataset" claim conflicts with your
"then releases the dataset at the end of the last step that uses it"
statement.
The initiator knows which step is the last step, but I don't know how an
executing program can tell
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Bruce Black
Senior Software Developer
Innovation Data Processing
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