On 25 Apr 2007 12:33:54 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:16:47 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: > >>> >>>With the new instructions, I now count 751 instructions documented in the >>>POO. That's up a lot from the (IIRC) 143 for S/360. >>> >> >>It's called evolution, son. Like it or not, we're stuck with it and it >>can be a good thing, in spite of personnal opinions to the contrary. > >That wasn't a complaint. Actually, I do like it, even though it makes being >an >Assembler programmer more challenging. It's one of the many details about >this platform that I find to be very impressive. The frustrating thing is that there is no compiler switch to tell most of the compilers that these instructions can be used because the target is known. ISV's normally have to hang back on using these instructions because the target processor may not have the instruction.
Of course, my feeling is that COBOL is on life support with no strategic direction. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
