On 6 September 2016 at 02:59, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're interested in Scala, just grab it and go. You'll also need the > latest Java SDK if you don't have it already. > > http://www.scala-lang.org/download/ > http://www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/tools/java/ > > The IBM Knowledge Center includes some references to deploying Scala programs > on z/OS. See here, for example (watch the wrap): > > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.azkd100/azk_getting_started.htm
Is there an IBM statement or addendum regarding running Scala code on zAAP/zIIP engines? The current IBM Authorized Use Table for IBM Machines (November 2015) http://www-947.ibm.com/systems/support/machine_warranties/machine_code/aut.html does not mention Scala, and is perhaps ambiguous about whether Java bytecodes created by something other than a Java compiler are eligible. The relevant (I believe) section says: "JVM translations of programs written in the Java programming language, provided all of such translation is solely controlled by the JVM;". One could argue that this precludes anything not actually written in the Java language. Or one could argue that it's Java bytecodes or class files that are or are not eligible, in which case Scala would be fine. But any argument that says Scala is eligible would work just as well to argue that COBOL compiled into a Java class would be eligible; something I expect IBM would not agree to. I suppose the bottom line, as always, is that IBM can decide to interpret this the way it wants at the time it wants. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
