On Dec 21, 2010, at 08:09, Mike Shaw wrote: > > No doubt, someone @ IBM thinks a GUPI-format program object would slow down > compiler development... > IIRC, the concern expressed arose from an experience where ISVs or customers had exploited documented features of load module format that IBM itself had never used. IBM's subsequent desire to change the specification or withdraw the features was then hindered by extant art.
-- gil
