On Fri, 22 May 2009 08:23:32 -0600, Steve Comstock
<[email protected]> wrote:

<snip>
>Main benefits:
>
<snip>
>* XML processing has improved functionality
>   (namespaces, attributes, encoding, parse on
>    record basis instead of document basis)

Doesn't it now, optionally, use the System XML in z/OS. Which means that it
could do its XML processing on a zAAP (or is it zIIP?) instead of a CP?

>
>Cons:
>
>Well, the compiler option SIVMRD is no longer supported
>(simulate variable length RRDSs using KSDSs, or
>  something like that)

Which should be no big deal since VSAM not implements the VRRDS natively.

>Kind regards,
>
>-Steve Comstock

--
John

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