What's the best way to convey the importance of Metal/C to IBM? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Monday, March 17, 2025 7:11 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM Abandoning Metal C?
> On 17 Mar 2025, at 6:45 pm, David Cole <dbc...@colesoft.com> wrote: > > On another thread, David Crayford wrote: > >> Our understanding is that Metal/C will not be updated for the next >> architecture or the one after that. > > > > Really? Does anyone have any idea why? > > Metal C already does not support Z16 architecture. What would it take to get > them to reverse direction? All I know is that DVM couldn’t be optimized for z16, and there wasn’t much optimism that this would change. My teammate supports the Zowe cross-memory server which is written in Metal/C. They always compile to the lowest supported level for obvious reasons. It’s far too soon to suggest that Metal/C is being abandoned. > > > Dave Cole, Developer > > dbc...@gmail.com (personal) > dbc...@colesoft.com (business) > 540-456-6518 (cell) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
