On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:58:29 -0800, Ed Jaffe wrote: > >Anyone that codes and maintains software for living realizes the >difficulty of testing every path or every combination of possible >environments (including three AMODEs, problem vs supervisor, SRB vs TCB, >locked, etc) that can fall through a given path. > This provides a strong incentive for minimizing the number of options, which so geometrically increase the testing burden. I understand that IBM wisely nowadays supports z/OS only in an LPAR, not in both LPAR and bare metal.
One of my favorite examples is the Binder's CASE=UPPER option. It increases the testing burden while providing no increased expressive power; CASE=MIXED provides complete upward compatibility with Linkage Editor -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
