On Thu, 3 Oct 2013 16:22:23 -0400, Gord Tomlin wrote: > >Python is an interesting, and frustrating, case. There have been ports >to s390, but the custodians of the Python trunk are unwilling to accept > I think you use the plural by your judgment.
>s390 patches into their code base, and are quite hostile to the >platform. This situation is regrettable, since there is a wealth of >tools built with Python. > As an alternative, might the mainstream Python be built in Enhanced ASCII mode? Some stumbling blocks: o No ASCII Curses library ( an optional feature of Python). But that might likewise be built from FOSS. o No ASCII X11 library. Don't know whether Python expects this. Again, available as FOSS. o Access to legacy data sets. How does autoconversion interact with legacy data sets? But who needs them? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
