>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'.
With today's memory-rich environment, is this still an issue? And, what is the business risk of a few extra page ins versus corrupted/invalid data. I don't believe there's a Visine for that! - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
