ObGungaDin I could write at length about what is wrong with SMP, but I lived through the days before it existed, and I would never go back to them. I've also had to deal with modern alternatives. It may be a crooked game, but it's the only game in town.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Andrew Rowley <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2025 5:10 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Variables in SMP/E JCLIN records? External Message: Use Caution On 20/11/2025 7:46 am, Phil Smith III wrote: > I see no ddname there? The point is that there are hundreds of routines in > those libraries, so we want it to resolve automatically, not require a > zillion INCLUDE statements. Plus the entry point names are largely > 8 bytes, > which is why it's in USS: we used to do a horrible hack where we'd just copy > all the object decks into one huge MVS member and INCLUDE that, but that > makes the executable bigger, with everything from the library included > whether it's used or not. This is code shared on various platforms, so > there's lots of unused stuff. Does the install even need to be SMP/E? Would e.g. a non-SMP/E portable software instance be easier for both you and your customers? Build on your systems and deliver the results. Even IBM has moved away from customers doing SMP/E installations. They deliver pre-built SMP/E environments. If you don't need SMP/E for maintenance, it might be more trouble than it's worth. -- Andrew Rowley Black Hill Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
