On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:08:03 +0800, David Crayford wrote:

>On 19/03/2013 9:01 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013 06:49:00 -0500, Tom Marchant wrote:
>>> I'm just curious.  Why do you need to ATTACH the program
>>> if it is not to run asynchronously?
>>>
>> Doesn't task termination automatically free some resources that
>> the programmer would need to free specifically after a LINK?
>
>Also if the attached program abends it doesn't sink the entire ship.
> 
I suspect that can be covered with an ESTAE in either case.  But it's
easier with ATTACH.

-- gil

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