The only thing easier about the Windows API relative to the z/OS "API" is that it is implemented almost entirely as library calls. There is little in Windows that is equivalent to the control block chasing that is a common and often necessary programming technique on z/OS.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 10:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: LzLabs in ComputerWorld On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > I agree, but it must be an adequately solvable sort of problem if Wine > can do it for the Windows API (adequately). > > Charles > > You just beat me to that (immediate _after_ I clicked SEND). But I'd consider WINE more like CA's DUO which ran DOS programs under MVS without recompilation. DUO intercepted the DOS service requests and emulated them or vectored them to the MVS service (a translation stub kind of). Of course, IMO, the DOS API is far simpler than Windows. Not a lot of "crap" like MS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
