On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Kirk Wolf <k...@dovetail.com> wrote: > Wrong equations :-) > What is the *business case* for adding better optimizations to the > COBOL compiler? > > Back in the day when there was fierce PCM competition, you could add > new instructions and then spend money in compiler exploitation as a > competitive advantage. Now the business case is a little fuzzier, I > would guess.
Sure; the case is "making z more competitive against the squatty little boxes", but that's clearly MUCH fuzzier. And not warmer. Just fuzzier. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
