On Thu, 31 May 2007 11:55:21 -0400 Art Celestini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>It uses a different serialization mechanism than PLO. From the POPs: I saw that. The question was as to the need - what MVS (or VM or Linux) function has this need? :>Programming Notes: :>1. COMPARE AND SWAP AND STORE may be used in conjunction with other :> COMPARE AND SWAP or COMPARE DOUBLE AND SWAP instructions to :> manipulate locks, queue pointers, or other fields that require :> interlocked updates. :>2. COMPARE AND SWAP AND STORE should not be used to manipulate :> fields that are also manipulated by PERFORM LOCKED OPERATION. -- Binyamin Dissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
