Barbara Nitz wrote:
Actually, I found the text of the Beta flash rather confusing, so I called
someone in Beta (not the hotline) and was told:
1. Beta Systems found it very hard to get IBM to acknowledge that the bug was
in that EDCXSTRT lmod.
:-)
2. As Jim already indicated, they need to relink their applications with that
lmod to pick up the fix and distribute that. (As an aside, let's hope they
catch all of them - I had a case where they didn't know where they used a
csect, to the effect that I hit the same bug in three different areas, one
after the other. Got five fixes in all. In another case they gave me a ptf for
a product based on another ptf in the BSA which of course did not have any
SMP/E dependency.) Also, I was told that the first fixes (for BSA and Beta92)
will be available at the beginning of next week. Check their website/hotline.
This is one of the reasons I never feel entirely comfortable with
compiled code. HLASM rules!
3. Beta Systems said that they have been using C (or C+ or C++ or something)
for *years* *without* the need for LE. And I thought *that* was only available
as MetalC starting with 1.10.
We've also been doing this with our products authored in C. We
originally used the SAS/C compiler, then switched over to IBM's SPC. No
LE. The code even works in z/VSE!
I'll pass this issue along to the developers...
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-338-0400 x318
[email protected]
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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