Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-14 Thread Clem Clarke
I have copied the source code for Jol up to the www.Oscar-Jol.com website. IBM examined and approved the code many years ago. Jol effectively replaces the JCL interpretor and quite a lot of the initiator when using Dynamic Allocation instead of JCL.  It is part compiler with PL/I style syntax,

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-14 Thread Joseph Reichman
I was thinking about my last post First off let me say a little bit about background I have had some experience with vendors but it’s very light Doing this type of programming was my passions unfortunately for me I got into it after 2000 when IT destabilized I am fortunate to have a landed a mo

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 04:25:18 +, Chris Hoelscher wrote: > >In Java you have other issues, every programming lanuaages has pluses and >minuses.. > >Indeed they do - without them, adding and subtracting would become quite >difficult > What about COBOL ADD ... GIVING ... ... and LISP? Or

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Chris Hoelscher
In Java you have other issues, every programming languages has pluses and minuses.. Indeed they do - without them, adding and subtracting would become quite difficult The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain CONFIDEN

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread scott Ford
profitable > to offer certification courses in Windows. > > :> > > :>Peter > > :> > > :>-----Original Message- > > :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Steve Smith > > :>Sent: Monday, N

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Joseph Reichman
; :> > :>Peter > :> > :>-Original Message- > :>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Steve Smith > :>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 3:33 PM > :>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > :>Subject: Re: Why ar

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 5:04 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] While I

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Seymour J Metz
onday, November 12, 2018 5:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] And that was my whole point -- Where are the examples for programmers to see how to do i

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-13 Thread Brian Westerman
While I really wish IBM really would have some better examples than what is in SAMPLIB and SHASSRCE, you really can learn most of what you will need from manuals and the rest of it is (unfortunately for me) trial and error. When you are developing Systems programming code, if you son'e have an

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
ion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 8:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] Speaking as a

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Tony Thigpen
uld help them avoid? Just my $0.02USD worth. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 11:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary a

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Doug
LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] Then the not-yet-available examples ought to include all the error recovery infrastructure needed to assure the least system impact possible.

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Charles Mills
.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] There are a large number of parts to make sur

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Charles Mills
: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] Then the not-yet-available examples ought to include all the error recovery infrastructure needed to assure the least system impact possible. Like the brief discussions I had with others on this list a few years back about code to set

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Lou Losee
Just my $.02... Back when I was learning to program I was told the best way to learn to program well was to read well-written code. Lou -- Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity - Unknown On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 4:21 PM Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listse

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
lf Of Binyamin Dissen Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 5:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] There are a large number of parts to make sure that things a

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Wayne Driscoll
. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 10:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces On 11/12/2018 7:28 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: > I can use CSA storage to pass b

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Binyamin Dissen
st [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Steve Smith :>Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 3:33 PM :>To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU :>Subject: Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] :> :>

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 22:11:15 +, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote: > >Of course, all that isaancient history now. No university or education center >offers anything like that anymore. Much more profitable to offer >certification courses in Windows. > Marist? But still, a limited choice. -- gil

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] There are some good SHARE presentations on some of these techniques. Unfortunately for you, I'm too lazy to search for them. However, and this is importan

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Edward Finnell
I was in several of the OCO sessions at SHARE. They were heated but in summary there were two major points. Intellectual property(the clones were trying to reverse engineer MVS), change control-Hursley was saying the large majority of their problems were coming from modified IBM code. Our post S

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Steve Smith
not available? [was: RE: Recommended method > for accessing secondary access spaces]" (in > ): > > > Not jumping on Ed Jaffe or Peter Relson or any of the other thoughtful > > and helpful responders in this email chain, but it still rankles me > > that there are no good exa

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:52:02 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >+1 >I would say that sometimes right after a feature comes out there is a >presentation at SHARE, e.g., "How to use the n

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 11/12/2018 10:56 AM, David W Noon wrote: I think most of the low-level techniques were derived from code seen on the IBM-supplied microfiche (remember that?) that arrived with MVS installation media. It would benefit the mainframe industry if microfiche (or a more modern medium) were reinstat

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 10:52:02 -0800, Charles Mills wrote: >+1 >I would say that sometimes right after a feature comes out there is a >presentation at SHARE, e.g., "How to use the new PC-ss facility." That is not >optimal if your first need to use PC-ss comes five or ten years after it first >is

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread David W Noon
On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:13:30 +, Farley, Peter X23353 (peter.far...@broadridge.com) wrote about "Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]" (in ): > Not jumping on Ed Jaffe or Peter Relson

Re: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Charles Mills
November 12, 2018 10:14 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces] Not jumping on Ed Jaffe or Peter Relson or any of the other thoughtful and helpful responders in t

Why are sophisticated system-level coding examples not available? [was: RE: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces]

2018-11-12 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
ouble that you could help them avoid? Just my $0.02USD worth. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Monday, November 12, 2018 11:35 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing seco

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 11/12/2018 7:28 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: I can use CSA storage to pass back the data if after I copy it over I release it We used to do that back in the pre-ESA/390 days. That technique carries with it all sorts of hideous timing/cleanup issues that simply don't exist with the PC-ss tec

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Joseph Reichman
M > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces > > I can use CSA storage to pass back the data if after I copy it over I > release it > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:26 AM Ed Jaffe > wrote: > > > On 11/12/2018 5:

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Rob Scott
LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces I can use CSA storage to pass back the data if after I copy it over I release it On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:26 AM Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 11/12/2018 5:21 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: > > I’m changing my code t

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Joseph Reichman
I can use CSA storage to pass back the data if after I copy it over I release it On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:26 AM Ed Jaffe wrote: > On 11/12/2018 5:21 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: > > I’m changing my code to use a SRB > > > That's what we do in many similar situations... and then PC-ss back to > t

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 11/12/2018 5:21 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: I’m changing my code to use a SRB That's what we do in many similar situations... and then PC-ss back to the requesting address space from the SRB to pass back the necessary data. -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview D

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Joseph Reichman
I’m changing my code to use a SRB On Nov 12, 2018, at 7:38 AM, Peter Relson wrote: >> ASCBFLG1,ACBLSAS+ACBTERM > > > These are not programming interfaces. You use them at your client's risk. > > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design > > >

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-12 Thread Peter Relson
>ASCBFLG1,ACBLSAS+ACBTERM These are not programming interfaces. You use them at your client's risk. Peter Relson z/OS Core Technology Design -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to l

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-11 Thread Walt Farrell
On Sun, 11 Nov 2018 09:39:31 -0500, Joseph Reichman wrote: >on second there maybe another way of getting the >information besides going into XMEM > There is another way, already mentioned in this thread: do all your "cross-memory" data gathering by scheduling SRBs into the other address spaces

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
, November 11, 2018 8:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces I think for SSAR I might need to set the AX value to 1 Via AXSET macro correct ? Since the question is insufficient, the answer is no. There's more to it. And it i

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-11 Thread Peter Relson
I think for SSAR I might need to set the AX value to 1 Via AXSET macro correct ? Since the question is insufficient, the answer is no. There's more to it. And it is not important what service(s) you might use unless you are in an environment where it is appropriate to do so. AXSET is intended

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-11 Thread Joseph Reichman
Would IEFUSI pick up *MASTER* Beyond that wouldn’t want to have that permanently installed the number of jobs run durning the day Thanks > On Nov 11, 2018, at 2:53 AM, Binyamin Dissen > wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:45:03 -0500 Joseph Reichman > wrote: > > :>I’m writing windows front

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:45:03 -0500 Joseph Reichman wrote: :>I’m writing windows front end to display system info from a z/os system. The program getting the info is a Assembler z/os TCP/IP server :>Certain information such as executing program name ACEE is in not in common Ah, you want to exam

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Rob Scott
There is no real supported way to access private storage in another address space uninvited. The general consensus amongst developers, typically ISVs, who are confronted with this requirement is to schedule a SRB into the target ASID and use some sort of shared memory buffer to relay the inform

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Joseph Reichman
Unless I missing something I have to set the secondary address space in order to use an alet of 1 > On Nov 10, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Binyamin Dissen > wrote: > > As Peter mentioned, there is no reason for either SSA(I)R or adding the ALET. > The ALET 1 is useable as it is. Simply LAM it into the

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Binyamin Dissen
As Peter mentioned, there is no reason for either SSA(I)R or adding the ALET. The ALET 1 is useable as it is. Simply LAM it into the AR and go AR mode. What is the issue you are trying to solve? On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:37:50 -0500 Joseph Reichman wrote: :>I think for SSAR I might need to set the

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Joseph Reichman
I’m writing windows front end to display system info from a z/os system. The program getting the info is a Assembler z/os TCP/IP server Certain information such as executing program name ACEE is in not in common As for swappable issues my Estae can catch the s0c4 and bypass that address space

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Rob Scott
It might help matters if you outline what you are trying to achieve. On 10 Nov 2018 22:38, Joseph Reichman wrote: I think for SSAR I might need to set the AX value to 1 Via AXSET macro correct ? > On Nov 10, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Peter Relson wrote: > > > Given the choice of using the SSAR ins

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Joseph Reichman
I think for SSAR I might need to set the AX value to 1 Via AXSET macro correct ? > On Nov 10, 2018, at 8:43 AM, Peter Relson wrote: > > > Given the choice of using the SSAR instruction with a ALET of 1 > And adding a access list entry via ALESERV which is the preferred method > > > I do n

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Rob Scott
The recommended method for accessing secondary address spaces is to have a valid cross memory bind that permits it, for example PC-ss or spawned ASID via ASCRE. Do NOT use CHKEAX=NO on ALESERV On 9 Nov 2018 18:13, Joseph Reichman wrote: Hi Given the choice of using the SSAR instruction with a

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-10 Thread Peter Relson
Given the choice of using the SSAR instruction with a ALET of 1 And adding a access list entry via ALESERV which is the preferred method I do not accept the conditions of contest. Neither is an acceptable method in general. You might not have authorization to SSAR. And a target address space

Re: Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-09 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 11/9/2018 10:12 AM, Joseph Reichman wrote: Given the choice of using the SSAR instruction with a ALET of 1 And adding a access list entry via ALESERV which is the preferred method I would get the feeling Peter Relson and Rob Scott would say ALESERV If '1' is already a valid ALET you can us

Recommended method for accessing secondary access spaces

2018-11-09 Thread Joseph Reichman
Hi Given the choice of using the SSAR instruction with a ALET of 1 And adding a access list entry via ALESERV which is the preferred method I would get the feeling Peter Relson and Rob Scott would say ALESERV Thanks -- For