On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:19:05 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>That doesn't answer the question. Why is the key 44 bytes instead of, e.g.,
>255?
>
The cost of storage in 1965, even unto punched cards that would be
required by additional continuation lines.
And why wasn't there a
DSNLEN EQU 44
which could be changed to:
DSNLEN EQU 255
reassemble MVS and voila!
OK. More other things would need to be changed than I can think of.
*ix did it, however.
--
gil
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