RE: Discontinuance of support for the *M36

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: M. Lazarus [mailto:mlazarus@ttec.com]

 That's I still don't see the logic, since the 36EE (w/ SSP effectively
supported) is still available.

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Mark,

The technical difference between the *M36 and the 36EE is huge, though.
36EE is primarily "above" the MI, consisting of the RPG II compiler, the OCL
interpreter, and a variety of special objects for things like work
management.  This code should require very little attention from one release
of OS/400 to the next because of the stability and backward compatibility at
the MI level.  M36, on the other hand, is a virtual machine defined way down
deep in the SLIC.  I would guess (based on stuff I read about it when they
introduced the 236 machines) that parts of it might need to be hardware
specific, which means that it would need attention with every new model line
produced.  That's where they would be able to save some cost and simplify
the product by dropping the *M36 support.  The hardware connection is
speculative on my part, but it's clear from the way they work that there's
almost nothing shared between the *M36 and the 36EE implementations - not
even the technical skills to keep bringing them forward from one release to
the next.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

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