Re: CICS and COBOL reentrancy was Re: Further discussion on "Something has to be

docdwarf@panix.com wrote:
> In article <FUT6h.281639$QZ1.108530@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> Arnold Trembley  <arnold.trembley@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> 
>
> Unless, I believe, one is going to tape/cart, in which case space
> allocation is unnecessary.  Having to know how many units to allocate for
> the output run of a new program has, at times, been a... challenge; it is
> at the core of the Zen of Programming question of 'How large is an output
> dataset?'
>

Burger King: How large do you want it?
MacDonalds: Do you want fries with that?

Zen has never been the same since Bart Simpson solved the "Sound of one
hand clapping" problem.