Tom Russell wrote:
I have heard several comments from programmers that PL/X is showing its age and doesn't generate very efficient code, especially for AMODE 64. The IBM C compiler has, for many years, had an offering called "System Programmer C", which let you compile things like SMF exits in C. It was packaged as a separate link edit time SYSLIB that would resolve a limited set of C external references, and create a stand-alone load module that had no run-time library requirements. This Metal C sounds like a logical follow-on to SPL C, with more facilities and much better support. With the right optimization options specified, C can generate very efficient code as well, much better than PL/S code.
PL/X compiler development has been moved to the compiler development group based in Toronto.
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