David, I am aware that many ISVs ship object code. How not? It is not, however, clear to me that all of this object code need be identical.
Indeed, I know of cases where it is not. Or again, options that select among NCAL library modules at product-installation time can be provided. Opinions differ. Many people find KISS/LCD code an attractive option. I do not. The technology to permit the use of the "latest and greatest" instructions is available. That said, ISVs are and should be free to use it or not. I could, however, wish that they would refrain from advancing tired, specious, and patronizing arguments for their continuing use of LCD code. Even the runtime decisions you allude to would not in my view constitute an onerous [or even an interesting] performance burden for, say, Synchsort, provided of course that they were made just once for each sort. --jg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
