+1 Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 10:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: C DLL Code from Assembler No. No one does, and no one ever has. I tried them once, looked at the expansions, had a good laugh, and never did again. sas On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 12:50 PM John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 11:31 AM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > @Peter is (of course!) correct. I just accepted your premise and went > from > > there. You need a 24-bit GETMAIN for the DCB, but a separate DLL or > > anything > > like that is a way unnecessary over-complication. > > > > I wrote a paper years ago on converting A/RMODE 24 DCB I/O programs to > > 31-bit. I will send you a copy, and I hereby offer a copy to anyone else > > who > > wants to write me off-list. > > > > It is not *directly* relevant -- it is about *converting* an existing DCB > > program to 31-bit -- but it does cover what needs to go where relative to > > the 24-bit line in the DCB world. > > > > Wouldn't it be nice if IBM were to extend the GENCB macro to include > BLK=DCB in addition to BLK=ACB, BLK=RPL, BLK=EXLST, and BLK=NIB? OTOH, does > anyone actually use GENCB? > > > > > > > Charles > > > -- > Money is the root of all evil. > Evil is the root of all money. > With that in mind, money is made by the government ... > > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > -- sas
