On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 23:00 -0500, Jim Mulder wrote:
CC
(expecting a flame or two :-)
Well, I type too slowly to do much flaming.
I'd be prepared to bet that you were not the intended target of that
little barb, Jim.
Shane ...
.. BCTR Rx,0 ..
I've had conversations with processor designers at both Amdahl and IBM. The
general idea is
that a BCTR that cannot be taken (target register = 0) is recognized as a
special form of BCTR
and has been, in fact, since the 360/85.
And a BCTR or BCT with a non-zero target is
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/images/teeth.jpg
I get a 404: Not found
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(expecting a flame or two :-)
Well, I type too slowly to do much flaming. And of course, I am
willing to discuss this in great detail any time you come to
Poughkeepsie and take me out for a beer. However, I am at somewhat
of a loss to figure out how an operating system would
Paul Gilmartin wrote:
[...]
o Cross system sharing of members and data sets
That's one of the reasons why people still choose PDS.
Sharing of PDSE out of sysplex scope is actually impossible.
Sometimes PDSE performance can be worse than in PDS. See Barbara Nitz
postings related to PDSE.
Hi all,
I have a problem which is occurring at an intermittent basis. DFHSM has
DUPLEX(MIGRATION) and we are using the parm SETSYS
PARTIALTAPE(MIGRATION(MARKFULL). We send one copy offsite. For some reason
sometimes DFHSM sets both copies to PARTIAL. I am not sure why this is
I can sympathize Ed. We were on the edge with WebSphere on z/OS when I believe
the freeware, v3.02, came out in 2001 and we had quite a time with problems and
support on all sides including my own due to lack of practical experience. When
I recommended, in a call to developers at our corporate
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:09 -0800, Tom Simons wrote:
Here's 8 instructions to translate 8 bits to 8 chars of 1's or 0's:
LAR3,8
ICR5,INBYTE
SLL R5,24
LOOP SLL R4,3
SLDL R4,1
BCT R3,LOOP
STR4,OUTCHAR
UNPK
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Timothy Sipples of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List
John P Kalinich wrote:
Timothy Sipples of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
wrote on 12/14/2007 12:11:48 AM:
Peter Hunkeler writes:
Isn't it about time for one more name change since
z/OS is approaching release 10?
Any nominations? :-)
z/MVS for nostalgic reasons.
Martin and John, I understand and agree with what your responses, and
celebration is possibly an over-statement. Half the battle, at times,
is getting acknowledgement from a vendor that an issue really is an issue,
and not just customer whining.
Not that we ever have that here, of course.
On 13 Dec 2007 04:34:08 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
It is certain that PDS's will exist for the entire life of z/OS (or
whatever name it might have down the road, if that ever changes again).
It is almost certain that PDSEs will never be allowed in the LPALST
(chicken and egg
If you go to this Red Book -
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246524.pdf - it mentions the
PDS Pain white paper and lists the things wrong with PDS datasets.
Just do a PDF search for PDS Pain.
However, I'd rather use a PDS than a PDSE for one that is not update
very often. You don't
How about something simple like HAL ala 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Tom Kelman
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
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To:
Much of what I was talking about is described here:
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/446/webb.html
although even this paper is somewhat dated by now. My understanding is that
the z9
class microprocessors have a much deeper (longer) pipeline, and the logic that
looks at
instructions very
Mark,
In VSE I could dump the VTOC(they were pretty small) and determine the
relative amount of the space being used. I haven't figured out if there
is
a way to determine how much of your VTOC or Index is currently being used
in
MVS.
You can tell how many free dscbs are on a given volume by
Instead of z/BASIC, it should be z/PLAIN.
Jon
snip
z/BASIC, z/DEVELOPER, z/BUSINESS, z/ENTERPRISE, and of course z/ULTIMATE
.
Keep in mind that I'm in the U.S.A. where we pronounce z as zee, not
zed. Also keep in mind the bad German accent in English movies where
zee is the.
/snip
Exactly.
Jon
snip
As in Boss! z/PLAIN, z/PLAIN!?
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Depending on how things go here in the next couple of years, either
Nessus or Laomedon.
Jon
snip
Any nominations? :-)
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:29:36 -0600, Patrick O'Keefe
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:56:33 -0500, Pinnacle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
The Rexx Alternate Library is not SMP/E installable. It has no maintenance,
having been functionally stabilized for many years. If there are
Rick,
Thanks for the explanation. If I understand correctly there is nothing that
can be done? I am stuck with another problem because DFHSM requests a tape
mount (COPY2) which is our offsite copy. So far, I let the request expire. Is
there any way around this?
Adams, Rick [EMAIL
Timothy Sipples of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
wrote on 12/14/2007 12:11:48 AM:
Peter Hunkeler writes:
Isn't it about time for one more name change since
z/OS is approaching release 10?
Any nominations? :-)
z/MVS for nostalgic reasons.
Regards,
John K
Victor,
If you issue a TAPEREPL command the alternate volume will become the
primary volume and the original primary volume will be deleted.
ThanksRick
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Sent: Thursday,
I looking into the best way to implement this product across multiple
CEC's/LPARS. Do I need to have it running on all LPARS or can I run it on one
and send the SMF data to it?
Bill Shelaga
Mainframe,Technical Specialist
The contents of this communication, including any attachment(s), are
Mark,
If you're combining 3390-3 volumes, check to see how much of the VTOC is
used on the mod 3's that you're combining using ISPF 3.4.
Not that a cylinder or 2 is much space on a mod 9, but all of the mod
9's that I have here except my ML1 volumes are defined with 74 tracks
for the VTOC and
All
Update #5 - All z390 mainframe assembler coding contest solutions have been
reformatted using new ZMFACC macro for portability across multiple OS and
new problem and solution submission email methods. The source and
generated log files for each of the ranked solutions are now directly
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:32 AM
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Instead of z/BASIC, it should be z/PLAIN.
Jon
As in Boss! z/PLAIN,
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples
Peter Hunkeler writes:
Isn't it about time for one more name change since z/OS is
approaching
release 10?
Any nominations? :-)
Computer should last through the Star Trek era
-jc-
Hi Bill and Paul (and everyone else on the list!)
I'm the lead developer on CA SMF Director. If you have any specific
questions about the product I'll be happy to answer them, either on the
list or off-list.
Mike Livingston
Senior Software Engineer
CA
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From: IBM
Right
I NEVER claimed to be in Development. Most people recognise the
self-evidence of that statement. :-)
John Eells wrote:
I hate to make this my last post before the holidays, so I suppose I'll
have to find something else to post about later today. But celebration
for this
If you're combining 3390-3 volumes, check to see how much of the VTOC is
used on the mod 3's that you're combining using ISPF 3.4.
Not that a cylinder or 2 is much space on a mod 9, but all of the mod
9's that I have here except my ML1 volumes are defined with 74 tracks
for the VTOC and 15
Not my day. The 404 is fixed.
And after slagging off the Vole, I just got this from a Microsoft
spokesperson:
We believe Platform Solutions, Inc. is uniquely positioned to bridge the gap
between legacy
mainframe computing and 21st century server technology in today's enterprise
environment.
Peter Hunkeler writes:
Isn't it about time for one more name change since
z/OS is approaching release 10?
Any nominations? :-)
z/MVS for nostalgic reasons.
Regards,
John K
That sounds good and I'll vote for that.
warm regards,
Raj
Interesting concept Shane. :-) Add storage controls along with CPU Crit. to WLM
and we'll have a hybrid WLM/IPS/ICS. Maybe we can call it WIPS.
Shane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just make storage a WLM managed resource.
Then we (customers) can set our own goals, and (resource) cap if
necessary,
What would it take for everyone to use it?
Cheers,
Clement Clarke
G'day Clem,
To get a site on board for anything like JOL, takes a significant push from
management and they like to see up to date and maintainable software that
they do not have to look after themselves.
My primary
Tad off subject...
Anyone look at the smf logger facility or try using it yet??
pro's/con's or what to watch for would be helpful ..
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Art Celestini wrote:
Much of what I was talking about is described here:
http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd/446/webb.html
although even this paper is somewhat dated by now.
Art, I suggest you take a look at
http://researchweb.watson.ibm.com/journal/rd/483/slegel.html. Nearly all
of
Willie,
This is straight out of the manual for the SETSYS PARTIALTAPE
command:
DFSMShsm automatically marks a single-file-formatted tape volume full
(except after data set migration or data set backup)independent of the
block count when it demounts the tape. These volumes can be marked as
full
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 12/01/2007
at 07:18 AM, Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
There are 13 EBCDIC characters that vary across EBCDIC character map
codepages but that must always be defined when using locale settings;
ITYM ¬ rather than ^; certainly ¬, ¢ and £ are all
Another point to consider is the size of the VVDS if the volume is to be
managed by SMS.
George Shedlock Jr
AEGON Information Technology
AEGON USA
502-560-3541
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Steven Conway wrote:
I agree with CC that having jobs blow due to limited storage is archaic.
John's suggestion of a warn mode is outstanding. And, it's heartening
for Martin to tell us people within IBM are looking at this issue.
snip
I hate to make this my last post before the holidays, so
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Much of what I was talking about is described here:
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[ snip ]
The Rexx Alternate Library is not SMP/E installable.
While the standalone Web deliverable is not SMP/E-installable, the REXX
Alternate Library does have its own FMID, and if acquired with another
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Much of what I was talking about is described here:
On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 19:51 -0600, Ed Gould wrote:
On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Bob Shannon wrote:
Refer to the PDS Pain white paper for what's wrong with PDSs
Can you give us an idea where we might find it?
Dave Crow presented the PDSPAIN White Paper at session O232 of SHARE
70 (Anaheim,
Willie,
You can run a
LIST TTOC SELECT(ML2 NOTFULL) ODS(your.output.dataset)
This will list all of the PARTIAL volumes. You can then issue a
DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL)
This will make them full to HSM and it will not need to call the
secondary copy that is offsite. I would do this
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How about something simple like HAL ala 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Probably not available (in the US) for 50 years plus Arthur C. Clarke's
remaining lifetime, due to copyright
-jc-
Hi Bill,
CA SMF Director can be set up either way, although it is best to have the
automated dumping feature active on all LPARs. Please keep in mind that if the
Control Data Set (SCDS) is going to be shared among LPARs, that all of the
LPARs must be in the same GRS scheme.
There are ways
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at 06:19 PM, Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Mime-Version: 1.0
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The above reduces the likelyhood of
Of course those character string lines may or may not display as you
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Only if the viewer is not
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:04:50 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote:
BC/BRC-type are statically predicted not-taken (except if the mask is
'F'x), BCT, BXLE, and BXH-type are statically guessed taken. For
BC/BRC-type this is correct about 55% of the time for most code and
BCT/BXLE-type are correct 90+% of the
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For me, it's Friday morning. I haven't slept well due to a restless dog.
And I'm insane.
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Aren't we ALL just a little insane? Look what we're doing for a living,
what with these dead systems? :-)
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John Eells wrote:
Steven Conway wrote:
I agree with CC that having jobs blow due to limited storage is
archaic. John's suggestion of a warn mode is outstanding. And,
it's heartening for Martin to tell us people within IBM are looking
at this issue.
snip
I hate to make this my last post
-snip
Why the UNPRINTABLE should services for what should be a basic data set
type NOT be in the Nucleus?
-unsnip---
That all depends on how large you want NIP and the nucleus to be.
Personally, I'd rather not
Is there anywhere to read up on setting up a BASIC sysplex (not a
Parallel Sysplex)? Looks like the cost of the CFL has destroyed our
likelihood of implementing a parallel sysplex. IIRC, a basic sysplex
only requires CTCs, which I already have.
What I really would like to know is what will I be
Thanks Rick for your help.
Adams, Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Willie,
You can run a
LIST TTOC SELECT(ML2 NOTFULL) ODS(your.output.dataset)
This will list all of the PARTIAL volumes. You can then issue a
DELVOL volser MIGRATION(MARKFULL)
This will make them full to HSM and it will not
snip
What I really would like to know is what will I be missing in the basic
sysplex that exists in the parallel sysplex.
/snip
GRS Star
Enhanced Catalog Sharing
Probably others I can't recall off hand...
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No, they denied it. See here:
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/faq/index.html#slot7
Jon
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I don't know if it was a dig, but Arthur C. Clark and Stanley Kubrek did
admit HAL was based on IBM's name.
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IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU wrote on 12/13/2007
03:53:12 PM:
I have an SRB application that issued an SDUMPX macro (in AR mode). It
specifies a particular dataspace token with a single range, starting
address
of X?? and ending range of X?7FFF?. The
-snip---
I'm about to start migrating from 3390-3 to 3390-9 and I'm concerned about
VTOC and index sizes.
Currently I am allocating 7 cyl VTOC and 3 cyl Index. I come from a VSE
background where it was pretty easy to determine the size you needed,
Tom Marchant wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:09 -0800, Tom Simons wrote:
Here's 8 instructions to translate 8 bits to 8 chars of 1's or 0's:
LAR3,8
ICR5,INBYTE
SLL R5,24
LOOP SLL R4,3
SLDL R4,1
BCT R3,LOOP
STR4,OUTCHAR
So I wonder if it is true that the original name of HAL was really a
dig at IBM. (As in each letter of the name is one place higher
alphabetically than the letters in IBM. Remember the evil computer
killed all the people...
Never mind me - I did not sleep either :-)
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Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:04:50 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote:
BC/BRC-type are statically predicted not-taken (except if the mask is
'F'x), BCT, BXLE, and BXH-type are statically guessed taken. For
BC/BRC-type this is correct about 55% of the time for most code and
Thanks, Ed. I seemed to remember that there was a later version of the
microprocessor discussion, I just couldn't find it quickly.
The problem is that things can change in subtile ways from one processor
generation to the next. I've therefore adopted a general KISS approach --
within
So I wonder if it is true that the original name of HAL was really a dig at
IBM.
(Sorry about the previous [blank] post)
I don't know if it was a dig, but Arthur C. Clark and Stanley Kubrek did admit
HAL was based on IBM's name.
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On Dec 14, 2007, at 8:58 AM, Kelman, Tom wrote:
How about something simple like HAL ala 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Tom Kelman
Commerce Bank of Kansas City
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Tom:
An idea but I think it won't get past the PR people as HAL turned out
to be not so good.
Ed
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Tom Marchant wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:09 -0800, Tom Simons wrote:
Here's 8 instructions to translate 8 bits to 8 chars of 1's or 0's:
LAR3,8
ICR5,INBYTE
Art Celestini wrote:
Another interesting example, as discussed earlier, is LHI vs. LA. It too, has
the condition code consideration. However, consider the use of LA in the
following arithmetic (non-address) situation:
LA R1,789(R2,R3)
To do this without LA would take something like:
To follow-up on the case here when a DB2 DBA accidently overcommitted
storage to DB2 an APAR PK58272 is now open against DB2 to provide a WTO
message that can be automated to notify and escalate if a DBA does this
and gets the message DSNB542I.
PK58272 MAKE DSNB542I A WTO MESSAGE, SO THAT THE
You really do not need a CFL engine. A regular CP will work. And I am sure
you can now set the CF up to utilize the CP only when it has work to do.
This is the way I run my CF, but I have not tried the dynamic CP usage part yet.
For a basic sysplex, all you really need are the PATHIN and
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:16 PM
To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: basic sysplex information?
You really do not need a CFL engine. A regular CP will work.
Amen!
My IEFUSI (not yet updated for storage above the bar reasonably large
defaults are provided through SMFPRM00) makes REGION a binary switch.
You either get my generous defaults or you code REGION=0M and we give
you everything can less a buffer for recovery.REGION ABEND's are a
waste of
Go to IPCS panel option 4 (Inventory), and put LD in the AC
column for your dump of interest. In the ListDump output,
find the ranges for the dataspace of interest, and see if
the 01823000 page is included in a range. If so, then the
problem probably lies in IPCS. If not, the problem
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:32:09 -0600, Rick Fochtman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
---
We know the speed of light; what's the speed of dark?
A bit slower than it was. Terry Pratchett has been diagnosed with
early onset Alzheimer's. All 8 shades of black are about to get a
lot slower.
Pat
Well, I couldn't get to that site. I got a cannot display message.
However, the official Kubrickfilms/Warnerbros site here
http://kubrickfilms.warnerbros.com/video_detail/2001/ verifies that in
their FAQ section saying this.
What do the letters HAL stand for?
HAL stands for Heuristically
I disagree with CC. If a vendor can't tell me how much storage is
needed, I get VERY LEERY. I can't afford (when I'm working, at least) to
have a storage hog that might adversely affect performance of my entire
image. Not only do I have to be concerned about storage creep in
programs, my
Chase, John wrote:
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman
Tom Marchant wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:09 -0800, Tom Simons wrote:
Here's 8 instructions to translate 8 bits to 8 chars of 1's or 0's:
LAR3,8
IC
On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:38 AM, Rick Fochtman wrote:
-SNIP-
-unsnip-
That's a lot like asking How high is the sky? Much depends on the
number of datasets you envision on the volume. I always chose the
most heavily used
I would agree with you Mike. In our case, and this was single instance
WebSphere, I was unable to do any precise predetermination of storage
requirements prior to implementation. We had IBM WAS, vendor software and CTG.
Not that CTG was going to kill us from a requirements viewpoint. Before I
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 12:43 -0600, McKown, John wrote:
Is there anywhere to read up on setting up a BASIC sysplex (not a
Parallel Sysplex)? Looks like the cost of the CFL has destroyed our
likelihood of implementing a parallel sysplex. IIRC, a basic sysplex
only requires CTCs, which I already
Oops! In re-reading this, I see an error. :-[
I wrote:
The BTB keeps only those branches _predicted to be_ taken ...
This should say, The BTB keeps only those branches _actually_ taken ...
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I'm writing some code to do random access file I/O using EXCP and
generally all is going well, but I have a couple of issues.
I'm managing the dcbfdad field of the DCB as I write the dataset, but
the ISPF dialogs always report that the dataset space utilisation is 0.
Allocation reports OK,
I tested SMF Logstream during ESP and would describe it:
PROs:
1. Eliminates a lot of fiddle-faddle with getting MAN datasets sized and
dumped.
2. Will write to multiple logstreams, so interesting data can be isolated
and/or Duplicated into its own logstream.
3. The
I think I found an old Setting up a Sysplex handy - from before it went
parallel-centric; maybe 2.10-ish, early z/OS.
I think it was earlier than that.
We set up our first parallel SYSPLEX in October 1994, using that manual as a
'bible'.
If basic was in it, I don't remember seeing that.
And,
John,
You can look at an old informational apar II10372 in setting up your basic
sysplex. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. A parallel sysplex
will definitely take the load off of your other lpars by loading the LOGR
structure in memory. You also have the ability to run true
I'm sure Bruce Black would have know this off the top of his head. (RIP,
Bruce.)
Off the top of mine, IIRC, DCBFDAD needs to be set to your high water mark
when you close your DCB after writing. CLOSE will see that the relative disk
address (TTR) then makes it into DS1LSTAR in the VTOC. You
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:48:08 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote:
Please see David Bond's excellent presentation from SHARE 107 in
Baltimore entitled, Session 8192: Coding Assembler for Performance.
http://shareew.prod.web.sba.com/client_files/callpapers/attach/SHARE_in_Baltimore/S8192DB073718.pdf
What
Tony Harminc wrote:
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:48:08 -0800, Edward Jaffe wrote:
Please see David Bond's excellent presentation from SHARE 107 in
Baltimore entitled, Session 8192: Coding Assembler for Performance.
There is a Hercules discussion group on Yahoo (www.yahoogroups.com).
There are some of the developers on that group.
Ken G.
Sergio Lima wrote:
Hello List,
Normally, my questions put here, have a fast response.
About my question, I imagine, that here is not a
On Dec 14, 2007, at 2:40 PM, Michael Poil wrote:
SNIP---
Sometimes it is impossible to do that as is the case with Java. The
amount
of storage used within the JVM has a static component based on user
definitions, but after that it is a function of what the Java
Ed Gould wrote:
To me this comes down to the difference between the PC world and the
mainframe.
Exactly! Mainframe resource allocation policies were established in a
world in which computer resources were scarce and _extremely_ expensive!
A paradigm shift is needed!
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Rick says
I disagree with CC. If a vendor can't tell me how much storage is
needed, I get VERY LEERY. I can't afford (when I'm working, at least)
to
have a storage hog that might adversely affect performance of my
entire
image. Not only do I have to be concerned about storage creep in
Did the meaning of this bit change recently?
I used to be able to detect an AMODE 24 program by the absence of this bit
being on, but now in a z/os 1.9 system (and maybe earlier) I see an AMODE
24 program with the RBOPSW31 bit on.
Thank you.
Paul
Jim says
Well, I type too slowly to do much flaming. And of course, I am
willing to discuss this in great detail any time you come to
Poughkeepsie and take me out for a beer.
You're so shallow :-) But I'll buy you a beer anyway.
However, I am at somewhat
of a loss to figure out how an
Paul Schuster wrote:
Did the meaning of this bit change recently?
I used to be able to detect an AMODE 24 program by the absence of this bit
being on, but now in a z/os 1.9 system (and maybe earlier) I see an AMODE
24 program with the RBOPSW31 bit on.
The meaning of RBOPSW31 has not
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:49:28 -0500, Craddock, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
...
I don't mind that you disagree with me Rick, but if you're expecting
vendors (or anyone else) to provide reliable and detailed storage
estimates you're going to be permanently disappointed.
I've been disappointed
Tom,
I liked your solution. Truly ingenious!
It might get just a bit shorter by using ICM instead of the IC+SLL:
ICM R5,B'1000',INBYTE
-Victor-
Date:Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:13:09 -0800
From:Tom Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14 Dec 2007 09:32:53 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Fochtman)
wrote:
We know the speed of light; what's the speed of dark?
A Nebula award winning novel with an autistic hero - written by a
space opera writer with an autistic son.
On 14 Dec 2007 09:50:22 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Corneel
Booysen) wrote:
So I wonder if it is true that the original name of HAL was really a
dig at IBM. (As in each letter of the name is one place higher
alphabetically than the letters in IBM. Remember the evil computer
killed all the people...
I wrote:
So it is! I spoke too soon then. Congratulations, Apple and Mac OS X: you
beat z/OS by 7 days it appears. :-)
and it appears Apple didn't. The update is called Java for Mac OS X
10.4, Release 6. It's available here:
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