Ummm ... dare I say ... 'free products' mean that management (and CxO's) cannot justify their positions and cannot 'piss and moan' about costs ??.
:-) Kind Regards Jim Thomas 617-233-4130 (mobile) 636-294-1014 (res) j...@thethomasresidence.us (Email) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: assembler help! I can't help you with that question, since I don't use C myself. I just thought it was interesting that you keep complaining about not having a C compiler due to funds, yet there is a free one out there. I thought I saw some messages recently talking about it being relatively up to date. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:17 PM, McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com>wrote: > I'm too stupid to figure out how to install it. But that was a few years > ago. It the z/OS version maintained? Or is it like other GNU software that > gets on z/OS - out of date and not actively kept in sync with the Linux > version. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Rowe > > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:10 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: assembler help! > > > > John, > > > > Why not use GCC? > > > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:44 PM, McKown, John > > <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com>wrote: > > > > > But not at a cost of $0.00. We're still in "lock down" > > mode. We seem to be > > > doing better as a company, but there is still a push to > > keep costs at a > > > minimum. Some day, I may look at relicensing your C, C++, > > and assembler for > > > my home Linux system to do cross-compiles. I had them > > licensed some years > > > ago, but medical expenses and the death of my mother > > totally destroyed my > > > "disposable income". Most of my "joy of programming" is now > > done on Linux > > > using gratis tools. This is reinforced by the constant > > pressure here to not > > > use the mainframe "unnecessarily". > > > > > > -- > > > John McKown > > > Systems Engineer IV > > > IT > > > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > > confidential or > > > proprietary information. If you are not the intended > > recipient, please > > > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies > > of the original > > > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products > > underwritten and > > > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. > > -The Chesapeake > > > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance > > Company of > > > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > > > [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas David Rivers > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:32 PM > > > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > > > Subject: Re: assembler help! > > > > > > > > McKown, John wrote: > > > > > > > > >NO!!!! Why? Because we're too cheap to license the C > > > > compiler. We do have HLASM. Now, if they want to make the > > > > C/C++ come for free, I'd jump for joy. We had a license at > > > > one time. But a manager who was struggling to save his job > > > > decided that eliminating all "non-critical" software was the > > > > way to go. So the C license went. 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