On 10/15/2010 4:05 PM, Clark Kidd wrote:
I apologize in advance if...
1) This has already been discussed (I did not find it in the archives)
2) This is not the proper forum for this question (but IBM-Main is always
a good place to start)
We have a number of C programs that need to be converted from SAS to IBM. The
reason for this is because SAS has decided to drop support for their C/C++
compiler, so we need to get our code onto a supported platform. When these
programs were written (10+ years ago), the SAS compiler was the best one
available. Now the IBM compiler has caught up, and may be even better. But it
still does not make the conversion any easier. Some of this code is pretty
complex, as it makes use of MVS facilities like WAIT and POST, plus much of the
code jumps back and forth between C and assembler language.
If any of you have been down this road before, could you please point me to
some useful resources? There are plenty of IBM manuals, but I was looking for
something more like a porting guide specifically for those traveling this path
- something that addresses a specific SAS C extension, and describes how to do
the same thing in IBM C. Also, my C coding skills are a bit rusty, and I would
appreciate a forum or mailing list that provides help day-to-day coding
questions, specifically related to the IBM compiler.
Thanks in advance,
Clark
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Hi
We did this a few years ago.
If you don't use any special SAS/C extension the conversation is simple,
if you have questions you can contact off list
([email protected])
We had also a number of assembler routines, the calling conventions for
NON XPLINK are the same.
The generated code from the IBM compiler (speed , quality )is very very good
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