>>From: Richard Theis [mailto:theis_richard@fr.ibm.com]
>>virtual address will NEVER be reused, in the life of the system...

> I was unaware of that. If true it's a dangerous design decision, IMHO.
The
> "pool is so large" reason for not reusing addresses is akin to the
famous,
> albeit not actually said, quote of Bill Gates of "No one will ever need
more
> than 640K of memory"

Look at the temporary address percentage on the WRKSYSSTS display: it keeps
increasing across the years...
BTW, this design decision can be reversed any time, without impact on
anything; the comparaison with the 640k limit seems unfair.
Just my opinion.

Richard THEIS
iSeries Education, France



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