RE: 16 Mb limit - possibly expanded in future?

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> A user space is a permanent object that exists in single-level storage
> (unless you happen to create it in QTEMP, or delete it after use in
> your
> program).   If you need temporary space > 16 MB, use teraspace
> (available since 1999).


Loop detected.  Reboot message thread?  (Y/N)

OK.  It still smells of a hack to me.  Like someone discovered a way around
a system limitation, and that hack became the defacto proper approach.  But
make it's just my opinion.

> How often does anyone really need a contiguous permanent object in
> single-level storage that is greater than 16 MB?

Not often, I'll admit. So I guess "640K ought to be enough" is conceptually
valid even today.  Nice.

Dennis Lovelady
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