On 11/04/2017 9:13 PM, John McKown wrote:
On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 8:10 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/04/2017 9:01 PM, John McKown wrote:
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/
ssi/rep_ca/6/897/ENUS217-186/index.html&request_locale=en
Just looks like it is announcing that z/OS PL/I 5.1 (and above?) will go
with the new "continuous delivery" that IBM is embracing instead of period
new releases.
Is it a good thing or a bad thing? All the major vendors have done the
same, MacOS, Windows etc. Not to mention the evergreen browsers. That can
be a very good thing
because you get automatic updates which developers can leverage to roll
out great new stuff.
For mainframes it's a huge paradigm shift. Mainframe customers value
stability and like to test on version boundaries. It will interesting to
see how this pans out.
​Why am I shuddering​ and thinking "shades of JES2 level set PTFs"? Of
course, nothing will heal the scars from DF/EF.
Maybe I look at from a different perspective. It depends on what
products IBM pick for CI. I code using C/C++ and the current
implementation on z/OS is about 5 years behind
other platforms WRT C++11. I would love to get compiler updates
providing the features I want for parity with code I want to port or build.
For major subsystems it's a different kettle of fish. But I welcome CI
as a step forward if IBM can get it right.
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