OK, I'll try to stop making Linux run like MVS <grin>. I'll try to do it "the Linux way" instead. But, if any of our MVS programmers ever start doing Linux development, I know these questions will be raised. Along with "where is Endevor?" <grin>. I am fairly sure that our VB developers will not have this conceptual problem. Of course, they'll be asking: "Where is VB? How do you expect me to write programs without VB?"
-----Original Message----- From: Alan Altmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: "batch" compiles <snip> "The Linux Way" is to use make. Only the most trivial of programs doesn't need a make file. I think make really shines when it comes to management of dependencies, such as changed header files, something a simple batch compile can't accomplish. Find another windmill. :-) But putting philosophy aside, putting the task into the background, whether it is gcc or make, is how it's done. If your turnaround time gets too long, or your friends complain, stop doing it. ;-) If that's not good enough, then give the Linux server more resources. Or, you may be able to use gcc's cross-platform compiler support. Compile zLinux applications on your workstation, and use NFS, et. al., to store the objects up on zLinux. Alan Altmark Sr. Software Engineer IBM z/VM Development
