On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:03:42 -0500, Walt Farrell wrote: >Using fork() is not a problem, John, and has long been recommended as one >separation mechanism that would allow safer mixing of APF and non-APF programs. > >The DDs will be the big problem, especially (as in Charles's case) where he's >invoking a program he does not control. That program will expect the DDs to be >allocated locally, and will expect to use typical MVS I/O macros to access >them. > > ... BX1EXM is no better; it's just a variant of fork(). Would PC be a more manageable robust approach?
Of course, I don't expect to see traditional facilities (SMP/E) soon embrace PC. SMOP. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
