Metal/C is not to be updated for the next two architecture generations?? WTF?? What reason was given (if you’re not bound by NDA)? Are they out of their ever-loving minds?
With what the blazes do they propose to replace it? Or haven't they thought that far ahead? Sheesh! I knew Armonk politics was nutty as a fruitcake, but this really tops the list. Oh, wait -- I know! They're going to let watsonx do all our programming for us, right? Or will even that be replaced by qubits? Peter From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2025 8:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Open XL C dramaticallly slower thant z/OS XL C compiler - expected? > On 17 Mar 2025, at 1:14 am, Farley, Peter > <0000031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I too am concerned about Metal/C not keeping up with the hardware > generations, especially as it seems that IBM is about to announce another > generation. IBM Data Virtualization Manager is possibly the largest Metal/C application in the world, with millions of lines of code. It is built for every supported architecture, determined at runtime, and dynamically loaded. However, this does not work for z16. Our understanding is that Metal/C will not be updated for the next architecture or the one after that. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
