on 5/23/05 6:39 AM, Peter Relson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Most application programs are compiled RENT now and expect the memory >> to be initialized to binary 0's. Some programs even count on it. > > Any program that expects memory to be initialized to binary zeroes in cases > that are not explicitly documented is, to put it kindly, asking for > trouble. > > Peter Relson > z/OS Core Technology Design > Peter.
I agree. I think where this all started was with CICS (I could be wrong). Then COBOL came up with an option initialize working storage at load time so the programmers didn't have to initialize the fields themselves. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
