Re: C objects [was Re: Is Itanium the first 64-bit casualty?]

From: Gary L. Scott (garyscott_at_ev1.net)
Date: 07/31/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:01:13 -0500

Stephen Fuld wrote:
>
> "Gary Scott" <gary.l.scott@lmco.com> wrote in message
> news:6dad5570.0407301230.731f0deb@posting.google.com...
> > lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) wrote in message
> news:<4109a12c$1@news.meer.net>...
> > > In article <41099621.871B7EA1@ev1.net>,
> > > Gary L. Scott <garyscott@ev1.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >? I thought Z/OS was equivalent to MVS and OS/390?? I've never read
> > > >anything about AIX hosted/supported under VM only Linux. Interesting.
> > >
> > > This is the mainframe version of AIX -- I would be stunned if it ran
> > > *without* VM.
> >
> > I'm not sure I agree. The "base control program" component of Z/OS is
> > MVS. Unix services were added to MVS (and VM) and eventually renamed
> > OS/390 years ago. Z/OS is just the latest 64 bit incarnation of MVS
> > and OS/390. You can run it under VM, but it is an OS in it's own
> > right as well. It may have some AIX under the hood, but the base
> > control program is still MVS. So basically, MVS and VM both
> > incorporated significant unix features and morphed into hybrid
> > monsters.
>
> I think you guys are talking about two totally different things here. Yes,
> MVS morphed into OS/390 with the addition of some unixy features, etc., but
> IIRC there was also a version of AIX than ran on S/390 mainframe systems.
> (It wasn't very popular). While it could presumably run native, it probably
> didn't take much advantage of the specialized features of the hardware and
> was probably mot often hosted under VM. I don't know if it is still even
> supported.

Ok, but I was reading from the Z/OS web site where it says plainly that
the base control program is "MVS". I read more when I have time.

>
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