Kevin, If I were you, I would run, not walk, away from any software developer that says things like this. They have pretty clearly never written any Linux software that runs on, say PowerPC or Alpha or Sparc or you name it. They have perhaps never written any Linux software at all. Unless there is some dramatic need for in-line assembler code in their C programs, there is no reason they can't write code that will recompile and run on any Linux architecture.
Bottom line, no, Linux/390 does not emulate an Intel instruction set, any more than the other versions of Linux do. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Gates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 11:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Intel Architecture Emulated with Linux/390? Greetings Everyone, As I am investigating vendor support for Linux/390, I have run into a question I cannot answer. Vendors want to know if Linux/390 emulates Intel architecture. Apparently, when programming in C, they have to write the application to the specific architecture and that it will not work on non-Intel based systems. Is this an issue which can be resolved as part of a recompile? Cheers, Kevin
