This is a bizarre response, Peter. Several of us have documented our
need for a name/token list/search service, a need that we've felt
strongly enough about to actually go to the trouble of writing
complicated workarounds to your failure to fulfill that need. What
more do you want by way of demonstrating a need?
it seems pretty clear to me that you should not take an approach
that requires such a service.
Our needs dictate our approaches, Peter. If you feel that my product
does not "need" a list/search service, then feel free to quit IBM and
come work for me and find a better way to code to my product's needs.
If you feel that we are not competent enough to correctly determine
our own needs, then why are you even talking to us?
David Cole
At 9/11/2008 07:28 AM, Peter Relson wrote:
Every response to my query seems to have missed the point and put the "cart
before the horse".
I don't disagree that it is desirable to have a "list" service for
name/tokens. What I question is the need.
Since a list service does not exist, it seems pretty clear to me that you
should not take an approach that requires such a service.
You are welcome of course to ask for such a service and, after/if it is
made available, exploit it.
Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Design
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