On Thu, 5 Feb 2009 16:01:37 EST "(IBM Mainframe Discussion List)" <dasdbi...@aol.com> wrote:
:>In a message dated 2/5/2009 12:04:24 P.M. Central Standard Time, :>dennis.ro...@lmco.com writes: :>>I had always been taught that :>the ONLY time storage is cleared is when RSM assigns a real page to a :>virtual page that is not already backed by one in aux storage. :>And how is a programmer supposed to know that this has happened? When documented, such as virtual storage 4096+ on a page boundary. :> Ergo, :>always initialize. Why assign slots to 40M of storage if only 200K gets used in the particular run? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdis...@dissensoftware.com> 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 lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html