On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:04:15 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: >> LE-independent, I see. Would it likewise be independent of >> Run Time Library license encumbrances, so ISVs could distribute >> compiled code to customers without the compiler licensed, and >> free of prelinker entanglements so the full facility of SMP/E >> maintenance with fine granularity could be exploited? >> > >METAL C produces pure HLASM. > OK. The next question is, is it supported by a POSIX-compliant, or even ANSI C compliant function library? I recognize that the language and the function library are two separate sections of the ANSI specification, but C is much impoverished absent the latter. And for useful operation under Unix System Services, the POSIX functions, which go var beyond the ANSI C specification are likewise necessary.
And can modules assembled from that "pure HLASM" be linked without a prelinking step, a requirement for good SMP/E support. Dignus System C, for example, produces pure HLASM, but requires that the HLASM SYSLIN be processed en masse by a prelinker, which precludes granular maintenance by SMP/E CSECT replacement. And finally, considering portability, one confronts the EBCDIC nightmare. Does METAL C support the ASCII compiler option? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
