Clark Morris wrote: >Does TPF support Ziip/Zaap processors? Does PL1 support TPF? >Would metal C or a non-IBM C/C++ be suitable for TPF?
I see Dana Mitchell already replied about ALCS. In short, anything you can do on/with z/OS you should be able to do on/with ALCS. That includes whatever programming languages you wish. However, z/TPF is no slouch. Notably, C and C++ are well supported and increasingly popular. See here for reference: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSB23S_1.1.0.15/gtpa2/writing.html z/TPF executes ELF-compatible compiled C and C++ code. ELF-compatible compilers include gcc and g++ (GNU Compiler Collection), and Dignus Systems/C and Systems/C++. z/TPF can also directly run Java programs (and JVM hosted programming languages such as Clojure and Scala) since early 2017. See here for more information: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSB23S_1.1.0.15/gtpa2/usejavaontpf.html https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/zTPF/entry/z_TPF_support_for_Java_APAR_PJ43892_is_now_available?lang=en z/TPF does not support zIIPs, but it does support "Transformation Engines" (TEs). TEs are hardware characterized as CPs -- that's what you'd see in the HMC, for example -- but TEs are dedicated to new z/TPF workloads and priced as specialty engines. TEs are unique to z/TPF, just as zIIPs are unique to z/OS. IBM announced TEs in the first quarter of 2015, and SCRT has supported them for about 3 years now. See here for reference: https://www.ibm.com/software/htp/tpf/tpfug/tgf15/TPFUG_2015_MAIN_TPF_Dev_Roadmap.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, Multi-Geography E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
