Paul Gilmartin writes: >I have tried building FOSS with the C compiler ASCII option. It works well >for "Hello, World" but fails miserably for anything real-world, first >because lack of ASCII versions of essential libraries such as Curses and >X11.
That's an interesting and yet different point. I see two basic solutions to this different problem: 1. As always the case, on any platform, if there's a library you need that either isn't available at all or isn't available in the form or version that you'd like, put that library within your project scope and pull it along for the ride with your application. If you think others would benefit from that work, feel free to share it publicly. You can choose any commercial terms (or none at all) as long as they're consistent with the library's software license. 2. Raise a formal requirement with IBM or with the vendor, as applicable, to see if somebody else will add, modify, or improve the library to meet your requirements. I'm certainly not opposed to that! To raise formal requirements with IBM, visit this Web site: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
