> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas David Rivers > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 2:27 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Linux zSeries questions
[snip] > I can say without fear of contridiction, but at the same time not > being free to give out details, that some of the "kernel" is written > in C. Thanks. That's interesting to know. And may explain some of the recent enhancements that IBM has made in their C compiler. > > Also - you may want to look at z/VM; some of its "kernel" is written > in C too. I believe if you have access to the z/VM source (I'm > not sure if that's still made available) you'll find it. Ah, for the days when I had access to z/VM. > > I also seem to recall an article in the IBM technical journals > about porting C code into z/OS and z/VM; and the efficacy > of code-reuse that provided. Now that is curious. Why would C code be more efficient for code reuse than PL/X? Not to be overly tacky, but is IBM hoisting some BSD licensed code into various z/OS areas? I know that they did with OpenSSH. Much less expensive to port it than to create an SSH server / client from scratch. I wish, as usual, that IBM made their patches public. But I will guess that is why IBM likely will not use much GPL'ed software in z/OS. > > - Dave Rivers - -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
