I'm too stupid to figure out how to install it. But that was a few years ago. It the z/OS version maintained? Or is it like other GNU software that gets on z/OS - out of date and not actively kept in sync with the Linux version.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:10 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: assembler help! > > John, > > Why not use GCC? > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM, McKown, John > <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com>wrote: > > > But not at a cost of $0.00. We're still in "lock down" > mode. We seem to be > > doing better as a company, but there is still a push to > keep costs at a > > minimum. Some day, I may look at relicensing your C, C++, > and assembler for > > my home Linux system to do cross-compiles. I had them > licensed some years > > ago, but medical expenses and the death of my mother > totally destroyed my > > "disposable income". Most of my "joy of programming" is now > done on Linux > > using gratis tools. This is reinforced by the constant > pressure here to not > > use the mainframe "unnecessarily". > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or > > proprietary information. If you are not the intended > recipient, please > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > of the original > > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products > underwritten and > > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. > -The Chesapeake > > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance > Company of > > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas David Rivers > > > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:32 PM > > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > > Subject: Re: assembler help! > > > > > > McKown, John wrote: > > > > > > >NO!!!! Why? Because we're too cheap to license the C > > > compiler. We do have HLASM. Now, if they want to make the > > > C/C++ come for free, I'd jump for joy. We had a license at > > > one time. But a manager who was struggling to save his job > > > decided that eliminating all "non-critical" software was the > > > way to go. So the C license went. 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