On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Clem Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> <snip> > > > And so today, Jol is now under the Open Source banner. You are > encouraged use it for free, and the source code (which was examined and > approved by IBM in the '80s) is available with the proviso and restriction > that if it is turned into a commercial product, royalties must be paid. > Thank you very much for opening the source. I have heard of JOL, but have not tried it. This was mainly due to the directive that "since we are abandoning z/OS, just keep it stable and don't do new things". Upper management has reversed itself, and we are revitalizing z/OS. I don't know if we'd actually use JOL. It depends on how well it integrates with CA-11 restart. > > There are three or so versions of Jol. > 1. The 370 Assembler Z/OS Mainframe version. > 2. The Windows, Linux and OS/2 "C" versions that either generate code that > runs on the mainframe, or alternatively executes native applications on > their own platforms. The Linux version is in Beta mode. > 3. A Beta version of a compatible IBM VSE version. > > You can download Jol from the www.Oscar-Jol.com site which also has all > the documentation and many examples. > > Now, there is no reason why you cannot move to the next generation JCL > language. > > Clem Clarke > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- If you look around the poker table & don't see an obvious sucker, it's you. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
