Re: s/36 environment

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

A while back, Steve Will affirmed continuing support indefinitely. You can
probably search his blog posts. Some feel however that the S/36 environment
is a ball and chain that the platform carries around which thwarts
modernization.



On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> IBM has tried in the past just to remove the capability for the RPG
> compiler to compile S/36 code.  They even announced it was going away at a
> certain release.  It got pushed back.  Later, plans to drop it were
> dropped instead.  IBM got tired of fighting that battle.
>
> My 7.2 machine still has
> CRTS36DSPF  QSYS        Create S/36 Display File
> CRTS36MNU   QSYS        Create S/36 Menu
> CRTS36MSGF  QSYS        Create S/36 Message File
> CRTS36RPG   QSYS        Create RPG II Program
> CRTS36RPGR  QSYS        Create Console Display File
> CRTS36RPT   QSYS        Create S/36 RPG II Auto Report
>
>
>
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> From:   "Ketzes, Larry" <lketzes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:     "midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date:   03/29/2016 09:51 AM
> Subject:        s/36 environment
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> Hello all,
>                 Is anyone aware of any limitations or roadmaps for support
> of the S/36 environment on our platform?
>
> Thanks ,Larry
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