On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:59:08 -0600, McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples >> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 12:16 AM >> >> FWIW, there's a fair (and increasing) amount of z/OS written >> in C and/or >> C++. The SDK for Java immediately leaps to mind as an example. > >I think we need to distinush between the "z/OS kernel" and "ancillary >functions" such as Java (or even TCPIP, VTAM, JESn, etc). Now, does >anybody know if C or C++ is used in the "kernal" of z/OS? How about the >OMVS kernel? > Some years ago, an IBM employee posting on MVS-OE declared (emphatically, proudly, as it struck me) that the OMVS kernel (or kernal) is _not_ written in C. I'd hardly be able to provide a citation. Don Ault? Mark Warden? Jeff Trawick? Walt F.? Not, IIRC, Bill Schoen.
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