No, that is not true. The 32-bit load modules I produce run on MVS 3.8j, MVS/XA, OS/390 and z/OS. It has nothing to do with Hercules.
BFN. Paul. On Wed, 9 May 2018 18:24:51 -0500, Joe Monk <joemon...@gmail.com> wrote: >Please remember that everything Paul talks about is running on a software >based emulation of the IBM mainframe ... Hercules. Please also remember >that he changes the code of Hercules to make it run the way that he wants, >rather than conforming to the actual IBM Principles of Operation. > >Everything that he is doing and saying in relation to the mainframe are >only possible because of his manipulation of the underlying platform (such >as turning off specification exceptions for instructions). The software >machine that he runs has never existed in any form in real life. > >Joe > >On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:10 PM, Paul Edwards <mutazi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 9 May 2018 20:04:57 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: >> >> >>What do you suggest calling a module that has been built on MVS 3.8j, >> >>using 32-bit registers for both data and addresses, and works fine as >> >>AM24, and then has been taken to z/OS and the "PDS" utility has been >> >>used to mark it as AM64, and the program runs fine, regardless of what >> >>AMODE it has been set to? >> > >> >"implausible"; various instructions work differently in AM24 and AM31, >> much less AM64. >> >> It's not implausible, it's what I do. I produce 32-bit >> load modules that work on all 3 AMODEs. They >> passively accept whatever AMODE they were >> called with. They don't even require different code >> paths internally. >> >> BFN. Paul. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
