Anyone that does not want Tom to "shoot them" <G> and does want to follow
IBM's PUBLIC statements on both zAAP, zIIP, XML, etc support with COBOL may
want to follow the SHARE requirements:
SSLNGC07004 zAAP and zIIP eligible XML support in COBOL
currently waiting for an IBM response.
If this is of particular interest to your shop, I recommend that you submit
a marketing REQUEST referencing this requirement.
"Tom Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Perhaps I should have said something more along the lines of "If I want
> >to exploit a zAAP processor with my own code, that code must be written
> >in Java." Perhaps also with a note that my code might run IBM (or other
> >vendor?) supplied code which might run on a zAAP (like XML is going to).
> >But there is no way for be to LEGALLY get my COBOL code to run on a
> >zAAP.
>
> Well, if you write Object-Oriented COBOL then part of it runs in the JVM
> so you would have partial zAAP exploitation. And a future version of
> Enterprise COBOL could exploit the XMLSS parser of z/OS...which would
> offload some more cycles on to zAPP. Can't tell you anything now, or
> I would have to shoot you. Of course, a vendor once told me if I had to
> shoot him, I am IBM, and the bullet would be years late and miss anyway.
> Ouch! But it was funny...
>
> Cheers,
> TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! <<
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