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Here again we have the common misunderstanding of the RENT compiler option:

Compiling with the NORENT option does not mean that the modules are not
reentrant.  The modules can be linked RENT, REUS anyway, if they are naturally
reentrant (as it was the case with earlier releases of PL/1 compilers, when
there was no compiler option RENT).

The compiler option RENT means, that modules are made artificially reentrant,
even if they change their static data.

If you don't change your static data (that is, all working data is automatic),
your modules are naturally reentrant, and you don't need the compiler option
RENT ... and its performance penalties.

Kind regards

Bernd



Am 24.02.2015 um 20:14 schrieb C.M.:
> I also would be surprised that NORENT is a good idea in CICS.
> I know that one of the main advantages of the changes in COBOL
> starting with VS COBOL V1.4 was the ability to have REENTRANT modules
> in CICS.