On Mon, 25 May 2009 19:13:43 -0700, Gibney, Dave wrote: > >OK, but how is this desire not satisfied via AVGREC allocations? Oh, it >is and you'll claim your applications folks can't handle the concept. > AVGREC is:
o Woefully misleading; it seems to abbreviate AVeraGe RECord size, with which it appears to have nothing to do (or is there another etymology I'm missing totally?) o A desperate measure to deal with an inadequate sized bit field in some control block; a bizarre base-1024 floating point. Why can't I code: SPACE=(133,20480000) and have the converter do the algebra rather than be forced to do the computation myself and code: SPACE=(133,20000),AVGREC=K Isn't that what computers are supposed to be for? >> And I could have my "beloved" FBA architecture mapped onto standard SAN >> resident storage. Oh, except for some things like PDSes. PDSes are the >> legacy of the devil, IMO. But the cost to eliminate them would likely be >> horrendous for things like IPL and NIP. >> Nowadays, many of the despised "squatty boxes" can boot from the network. Why should our beloved z/OS be so far behind? Yah, it _is_ rocket science, but this _is_ the 21st century. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html