Re: C compiler doesn't

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/05/2010, at 9:44 AM, James H. H. Lampert wrote:

> Simon Coulter wrote:
> > I suspect this has little to do with Rochester.
>
> Where else?

Wherever the C compiler comes from now. Compilers in general come from  
Toronto--not sure whether C is there since irRational have taken over  
all this stuff.

> > Much in C changed at VRM510--see various complaints from me in the
> > archives. Different C compiler.
>
> Well, as long as it compiles what we need it to . . .

That's questionable. I ran into a bunch of issues taking complex C  
source that compiled on 440 to 510. Gave up initially and used  
TGTRLS(V4R4M0).

> > Many includes stored in stream files.
>
> What stream files, and where?

That's an exercise for you. Start at /QIBM.

> > Although the new C compiler is more consistent with C on other
> > platforms it has lost much when compared to the previous C compiler.
>
>
> Lovely. Please tell me it still has _Ropen, _Rread, and so forth, and
> packed decimal.

Yes, but it lost mapinc support--got a stupid alternative command to  
create an include from the file description instead.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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