Rex Pommier wrote, in part: >So how did they come up with this one? From the JCL reference manual:
>minutes >Specifies the maximum number of minutes the step can use the processor. >Minutes must be a >number from 0 through 357912 (248.55 days). >357912 minutes? My brain isn't coming up with a logical explanation for that >number. Well, obviously in binary it's 01010111011000011000 and...ok, not that. BUT I did multiply it by 60 and got 21,474,720--which is suspiciously close in digits (if not in scale) to 2**31, 2,147,483,648. Since classic timer units are close to microseconds, this seems likely to be the source of the limit, no? ...phsiii (feeling slightly smug about having found that, though not 100% convinced it's the answer!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
