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What is the CA SRAM Service?

The CA SRAM (Sort Reentrant Access Method) Service is a complete replacement for conventional methods of invoking a sort system from high-level languages. CA SRAM allows the activation of several sorts concurrently, thereby simplifying the data and logic flow. The incoming data to the sort can be manipulated as desired by the user program in a high-level language without the need for special exit routines. The service routines which accomplish this are grouped under the CA z/OS service code SR66. CA SRAM's features include:

• all loaded modules are coded to be completely reentrant
• sorts in ascending or descending sequence
• accepts fixed and variable length records
• allows key definitions to spread out over the record
• low overhead
• operating system independence