> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 1:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Modernizing the BCP code ? <snip> > > Thanks for the info! Seems like IBM are more interested in the > middleware (Websphere!) then the OS! How does that make sense?
That's where the money is. Now days, the hardware and the OS are mainly there to support the applications. Which makes sense. To business people (the ones who pay), all that is important are the results. They don't care how they get them as long at they are correct, timely, and cost-effective. That's also why IBM's first requirement for an enhancement request is: "Present a business case." I.e. how will implementing this make us more money. That can be done in basicall two ways: (1) reduces cost; (2) increases revenue. I think that's a big reason why IBM created PL/X. It is more time-efficient to code in it than in HLASM, and likely more likely to be correct. Which reduces cost to produce the software. It also makes it faster and more reliable to make changes. More reliabe software is cost effective because it reduces the amount of money needed to maintain it. How much money would be saved if every program in existance ran according to spec, so that the only time it was every modified is when it had to be improved. I know that Java is interpreted (byte code) with a JIT. I wish that I could somehow use the JIT to produce a native program object. Why? Because then every language which produces JVM byte code could be used to produce z/OS executables. And the compilation to a class file could be done on any system, not just z/OS. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
