On 31 October 2013 01:35, Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> wrote: > Shmuel Metz writes: >>...z/OS does require EBCDIC. > > It does not (if referring to ported applications), and repeating a > falsehood does not make it any more true. > > EBCDIC support is required if and only if there is a requirement to operate > on/with EBCDIC-encoded data. z/OS does not require an application to > support EBCDIC in order to run and run well. There is no requirement to > store user data in EBCDIC, though many/most z/OS customers store at least > some data in EBCDIC.
Sure, if all your application does is crunch numbers or manipulate bytes. But if it has any interaction with the operating system such as calling its services, referencing external names (dsnames and file names being only two of many), dealing with operator services, etc. etc. etc., you will find it impossible to not deal with EBCDIC. > Precision here is particularly important. I would humbly suggest that those > who are misleading members of the open source community about z/OS are not > doing anyone any favors. Indeed! Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
