Concur on PASCAL … I think the “evolution” from scripting to compiled languages is when they become useful and require a runtime upgrade to a more performant deployment. Just like Python can be compiled and save the pyc files, java has class files and IBM has added the ability to cache the compiled code and the language has evolved so much over the last two decades. The time comes when they graduate from curiosities to essentials. Like JCL, it doesn’t need and probably shouldn’t be dynamic as JES has to pre-plan for its execution.
Lots of considerations. The good news is we have a lot of options. For supporting software on z/OS I tend to use Java for runtime performance and products. Python for experimenting with code and data. Choice is a good thing. Thanks for the link, I’ll catchup on PASCAL to stay well rounded. -- Matt Hogstrom “To achieve great things two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” - Leonard Bernstein > On Nov 11, 2024, at 17:38, Bernd Oppolzer <bernd.oppol...@t-online.de> wrote: > > The reason for this difference is mainly: because I had not enough time until > now to build a P-Code to binary translator > for the non-mainframe case :-( > > If you are interested, look here: http://bernd-oppolzer.de/job9.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
