To add even more topic-skew, no mention of a full blown COBOL port to zLinux with ahem.. CICS.
JC => 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 => John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Kapellenstr. 21a 65193 Wiesbaden Germany Mobile: +49 (0) 170 794 3616 http://www.JDCassidy.net http://en.federaleurope.org/ http://sva-zhosting.com/en/index.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
