>From a practical view point, I disagree. I believe that a usage note in the >POP can imply a programming interface is likely to exist. Heres why.
IBM carefully selects, invests, designs, etc. new system z features to enhance IBMs software (not just for the fun it). Programming notes can highlight the value of those features, such that many customers would want to be able to take advantage of its benefits. However, there are features which seem to be intended to allow IBM to provide a service to user level applications, but the infrastructure for that feature can only be reasonably implemented or managed at an operating system level. I believe that features like these tend to (but are not guaranteed to) imply that the operating system will have a programming interface to take advantage of it. Hence, the programming note implies that there is (or should be) some sort of programming interface. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
