On 2018-07-17 12:45, John McKown wrote:
Looks like IBM is really trying to eliminate HLASM programming in the user
community. Or, perhaps, extend the community to include C "systems"
programmers (like with a UNIX background).
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS218-326/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en
IBM Enterprise Metal C for z/OS Trial, V3.1 is an evaluation release of the
Enterprise Metal C for z/OS, V3.1 product that is available with a 90-day
evaluation license at no charge for non-production use. It is available
from IBM Shopz.
Enterprise Metal C for z/OS is the newest, stand-alone offering for the IBM
family of development tools. Enterprise Metal C for z/OS delivers a
high-level language alternative to having to write programs in High Level
Assembler (HLASM). The ability to write programs in HLASM is a specialized
skill for the z/OS platform and developers with expertise in assembler
skills are difficult to find. Developers can use C syntax instead to
develop systems programs. This eliminates the need to manage the use of
registers and to manually tune assembler instruction sequences. Enterprise
Metal C for z/OS does this for developers.
Enterprise Metal C for z/OS allows developers to create high-performing,
low-level, free-standing applications. The generated optimized HLASM source
code is independent of the Language Environment runtime, and the C runtime
is not required for execution. The resulting programs seamlessly integrate
with the HLASM code base to provide direct access to z/OS System Services.
Enterprise Metal C for z/OS takes advantage of IBM optimization technology
to generate high-performance, optimized code. Develop applications with
Enterprise Metal C once, and then recompile to optimize for future
advancements of IBM z/Architecture® systems.
I don't see anything in the announcement that suggests any new
functionality has been added to Metal C.
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