We (well, me) are always complaining how the z/OS UNIX tools simply are not a good or plentiful as the ones on GNU/Linux. So I had a weird thought. Why not create a program on z/OS UNIX, in the WINE tradition, which can load z/Linux binaries and have support DLLs which implement the Linux ABI? From what I can think of, this would mean porting the ELF loader to z/OS, then creating a z/OS equivalent of GNU's glibc.
Of course, this does not address the ASCII vs. EBCDIC issue. Is this just too weird to consider? -- Q: What do theoretical physicists drink beer from? A: Ein Stein. Maranatha! John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
