On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:04:40 -0400 David Boyes said: >> > times earlier, if you want JAVA support "on VM", you should install >a >> > Linux guest and use the up-to-date levels on there. >> Java itself is a virtual machine. Maybe a z/Java guest someday? >Would be a clever way to actually make the zAAP specialty engine useful >to a z/VM system. Someone would have to write a Java operating system, >and I don't know if the zAAPs can actually do I/O. Still, SET MACHINE >JAVA would be interesting.
Except that the zAAP would only be relevant if you already had one you no longer needed. An IFL and a zAAP are marketing devices, but the same Java code will run at the same speed on an IFL as a zAAP on the same box, so why would you want a zAAP on a box that has an IFL?
