Nope- sorry. Specialty engines actually cost you 2-11% to toss work over there. Plus you will see an increase in CPU time for work that does run over there. The real reason (aside from marketing and legal ones) is as I said: to avoid increases in software license charges.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 Thursday 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Cobol vs Java - who is faster? >Specialty Engines don't exist for performance reasons. That's a very narrow viewpoint. >They exist to defer General Purpose Engine upgrades which WILL increase software licensing charges. Tuning exists for the same reason. And, specialty engines do improve performance, regardless of your purported purpose. - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
