Clark Morris wrote: <begin extract> So far as I can tell, other than making requests for a big quota, the application developers don't need to deal with space allocation in the other environments and definitely not on a file by file basis. <end extract>
and I think this should be conceded. What is not so clear is that this is not a defect rather than a merit. Long ago, I remember being regaled over and over again with statements that adversely compared the great simplicity of a FORTRAN compilation under UNIVAC's EXEC 8 with the 'gratuitous' complexity of this same operation under OS/360. I investigated and found that it was indeed much easier to compile a FORTRAN program under EXEC 8; but a price had to be and was paid for this simplicity. It was hard to do much of anything else. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
