Alan, thanks. We've spoken at the TDM. I hope I was not too hard on you guys.. I'm aware of the product of which you speak and why IBM supports it. (Can I say its name and the reason here or is that NDA?)
I've semi-retired from full-time hard-core C++ development and product architecting, so my opinion no longer matters a whole lot. But if I were setting product direction I would be wanting to know what is the strategic IBM C++ compiler? The "real" IBM product or the open source download? I would not want to commit to a new and quite different C++ compiler only to find out that no, IBM was now heading off in some other directions. I think -- and as I say, what I think does not really matter -- I think that IBM needs to stand up and say unambiguously "this is our strategic compiler, it supports C and C++, it supports 31- and 64-bit, it is our intent that it will lag only a year or three behind the standards, and it will be our strategic compiler for the foreseeable future." Otherwise frankly I wonder if a developer today would be making a mistake to make the commitment I made 9 years ago to C++ on Z. IBM has a strategic COBOL compiler; why not a strategic C/C++ compiler? FWIW, POSIX(ON) is not a problem. "My" code all runs POSIX(ON). Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Allan Kielstra Sent: Friday, September 27, 2019 4:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: casting with XL C\C++ compiler Hi Charles We are listening! https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/xlCC++V231ForZOsV23?OpenDocument This is a web deliverable that co-exists (does not overwrite) the existing xlC compiler. I have personally used it to develop C++ code with initializer lists, emplacements in collections, lambdas, variadic template classes and other more modern features. One thing I should point out. For any non-trivial program, the resulting executable will require POSIX(ON). Also, you should compile an entire application with the new compiler or the old one. (The object models are not the same.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
