On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:53:03 -0600, Chase, John <jch...@ussco.com> wrote:
<snip> >This thread should also reinforce the notion, "If you want it done >right, do it yourself." IOW, if you want GETMAINed storage to be >"clean", then "clean" it yourself, every time you GETMAIN. > > -jc- I generally agree. However, IIRC, the PL/I compiler did this type of operation long ago. And when somebody would specify large buffers, then the compiler would cause a large paging spike due to initializing a couple of meg(?) of storage to x'00'. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
