C COMPILER FOR IBM MAINFRAME
Eric Schnoebelen
egs at killer.UUCP
Fri May 27 08:01:07 AEST 1988
In article <867 at dsacg3.UUCP> nff0132 at dsacg3.UUCP writes:
>
>We are considering using C language for supportware development on
>our mainframe computers to allow portability across operating
>system environments.
>
>Does anyone have any information on available C compilers for the
>IBM series 3080 mainframe computer operating under MVS?
>
>Name of company and telephone number be of great help.
>
>Also if anyone has used these compilers I would be interested in hearing
>your opinion - good or bad.
One possiblity:
IBM's remarket of Whitesmiths C compiler.
It is ANSI conformant, supports calling other language routines
from C, runs on MVS, CMS, TSO, etc.
I used it to port a C program from a PC to an IBM mainframe for
one of our customers. We leased the compiler from IBM for one
month to complete the port. We were running on a service
bureau machine under MVS with ROSCOE as the interactive environment.
I can't say what it runs like under any other enviroment.
The biggest problems I had were adapting to F type records for output
and figuring out how the command line might be setup, as well as
normal ascii to ebcdic translations ( I was the only person on this
machine with any C experience, so the bureau couldn't be much help ).
Basically, if the code will compile on an ANSI confroming compiler
elsewhere, it should compile without much problem on this one.
I believe you can acquire copies of the manuals from IBM for a
minimal cost ( I still have the copies I used ).
Hope this helps
Eric Schnoebelen
John W. Bridges & Associates, Inc.
Lewisville, Tx
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