On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:00:33 -0800, Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >Making this into a discussion of abend vs runaway storage allocation is >really a non sequitur. Setting a specific storage limit is really the >same as not setting a specific storage limit. There is a limit either >way. Only one is usually lower than the other and will be reached sooner. > >The question of whether an abend is produced, when the limit is reached, >depends upon whether the first-to-fail storage allocation service call >is conditional or unconditional. These days, I like unconditional calls >because I prefer an abend to terminating after issuing a message like "i >can't get storage". >... I was responding to "... I am not sure why customers would want to run Java without REGION=0M, as without it , it is possible to cause a JVM abend. ..." Obviously a message is better than an abend, but either is better than a run-away storage allocation. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
