>From a management perspective FICON is simpler if your configuration requires numerous pairs of ESCON channels to get around ESCON limits (i.e., implementing interesting candidate lists to avoid message CBDG089I) and not to mention allowing you the flexibility to implement a true any-to-any scheme that makes tasks such as moving systems among processors nothing like the old days.
Regards, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Jacobs Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 6:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: FICON vs ESCON CTC's Is there any advantage in migrating CTC's from ESCON to FICON? -- Mark Jacobs Time Customer Service Tampa, FL ------ The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change. - FORTRAN manual for Xerox computers ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
