C/370 is case insensitive, and just generally rots!

[Ted Schroeder]

c9h at psuecl.bitnet writes:

>I just can't believe it.  If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I seriously
>doubt that I would.  IBM C/370 is *not* case sensitive.  This is just for
>starters.  Let me give you some advice.  NEVER, EVER use C/370 if there is
>*ANY* way you can avoid it, ESPECIALLY if you like K&R2.  People, this com-
>piler is BAD (Broken As Designed).  I strongly encourage you to get Waterloo
>C (WATC) if you want to program in C on an IBM mainframe.

Well, not exactly.  IBM C/370 is case sensitive AS long as the data is local.
I'm sure that globals are not case sensitive in Waterloo C either since the
linker/loader doesn't support case.  It also doesn't support the "_" character
and symbols can only be 8 chars long.  ("_" chars get turned into the "@" char
automatically by the compiler).

By the way, I've done a pretty major port of a Unix device driver for our
product into VM and have had not a single issue with the compiler.  Now the
loader, that I've got my opinions about, but let's not bad mouth the compiler
when it's the rest of the IBM support you're really pissed about.

      Ted Schroeder                   ted at Ultra.com
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