On 2017-03-27, at 17:00, Blaicher, Christopher Y. wrote: > It's called z/OS is not the only thing that runs on a 64-bit machine. I > haven't looked into all the particulars, but I have heard someplace that 'C' > can run in 64-bit under z/LINUX. > Yes. but it's a very different 'C'. I understand that z/Linux doesn't even have a "bar". What about Gnu COBOL?
Also z/VM. (But is that CP or just guests?) How full is LPA getting at some sites? > I think this is more a case of not wanting to have to re-write half of the > operating system and have dual API's for everything when it isn't needed. At > least not yet. > > Because they have done some work in that direction, it seems to me they are > taking small deliberate steps to get there. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 6:11 PM > > The fact that the hardware guys and gals made the hardware capable of > execution above the bar means IBM is giving this some thought. (The thought > may be "Heck, no!" <g>) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
