How much cross-platform C code do you do? With Metal C, it is possible to use cross-platform code in z/OS environments that do not allow LE. In my opinion Metal C is VERY useful. Lloyd
>________________________________ > From: Gord Tomlin <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:38 PM >Subject: Re: Metal C vs. HLASM - for C callable subroutine? > > >On 2014-03-25 22:11, David Crayford wrote: >> I find that I rarely need Metal/C. What I do want to do is inline >> assembler into LE code. > >I have found Metal to be useful in a few situations where it is >desirable to have a self-contained program with inline Assembler and no >dependencies on the LE runtime. Admittedly these occasions are not that >common; in my experience it's not very often that a situation presents >itself where C with inline Assembler is preferable to pure Assembler. > >-- > >Regards, Gord Tomlin >Action Software International >(a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) >Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
