> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:44 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Question about REUS=NONE
<snip> > > You need to be careful with dynamic call vs. attaching. Enterprise > COBOL programs can appear in a multitasking environment if they > are compiled with the THREAD option. Each task will have its own > copy of working-storage. COBOL programs cannot do the attach, but > they may be attached. > The COBOL manual mentions POSIX threading along with the THREAD option. I wonder if that means that a COBOL program could use the UNIX pthread services such as BPX1PTC to create a new pthread (similar to ATTACH, but different) and BPX1PTJ to wait for that thread to end (similar to WAIT on the ECB for ATTACH, but different). <snip> -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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