FWIW, BPXWDYN (a text interface to SVC99) can be called from any programming language with standard linkage via LOAD/CALL.
Kirk Wolf On Tue, Jun 27, 2023, at 8:29 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > OK, I totally missed your point. Sorry about that. > > Going back to gil's post, I agree (with Tom) that SVC 99 has no business > getting into the parsing business. It's a well-defined interface. > > I see no reason why various different "languages" shouldn't be used to > express the functionality. No one would seriously say that all programming > should be done in say, C. Ha, now that I read that back, I'd bet that's > disputable. > > sas > > On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 9:00 PM Tom Marchant < > 0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > Where did I get the idea that SVC 99 code runs in Supervisor state? > > It is an SVC. > > SVC code receives control in Supervisor state. > > It doesn't require that the program issuing the SVC 99 have any privileges > > > > -- > > Tom Marchant. > > > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:27:27 -0400, Steve Smith <sasd...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Let me be the first of likely many who will say "where did you get that > > >idea?" It doesn't require any more privilege than ALLOC or bpxwdyn. Or > > >// DD. > > > > > >sas > > > > > >On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 7:47 PM Tom Marchant < > > >0000000a2a8c2020-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:32:18 -0500, Paul Gilmartin < > > paulgboul...@aol.com> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> >The parsing and interpretation should be done by SVC 99, not in > > >> >code replicated and maintained in the various utilities/ > > >> > > >> I disagree. SVC 99 is a Supervisor state function. > > >> Parsing and interpretation is a function that does not require running > > in > > >> Supervisor state or any other privileged mode. It should be done by > > Problem > > >> state code. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Tom Marchant > > >> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
