Well, if you want a very fast language, Lua on z/OS is very fast. Syntax is similar to Basic. It generates a byte code, and the interpreter is small and runs in L1 cache.
http://lua4z.com/ Free to download and run without support. Support contracts available. On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Mark Post <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 9/7/2016 at 08:58 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: >> From what I remember, the "specialty" engines are a marketing gimmick. In >> particular, the zAAP was created to allow people to run Java on z/OS >> without incurring the software costs that they would have if they have if >> they had to increase their MSUs on GP engines to do so. This was to sell >> WebSphere Application Server (a Tomcat like environment) when IBM was >> strongly pushing the "you can run your Java Enterprise software on z/OS >> instead of on Intel" idea. That gave rise to the other specialty engines. >> IMO, the best specialty engine is the IFL to run zLinux without increasing >> your z/OS software costs. Linux on z would have died if it were tied to >> normal GPs. > > I think you have the order backwards. The IFL was created first when IBM > wanted to make running Linux on the mainframe attractive to customers. After > that, they came up with the zIIPs and zAAPs to make "new workloads" more > attractive on z/OS. Possibly in response to z/OS customers complaining about > Linux getting a break on hardware and software costs and not z/OS. And trust > me, we in the mainframe Linux community were very much aware that this break > in pricing was entirely at the mercy of IBM and their ability to get other > ISVs to go along with the scheme. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
