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From: kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)
Subject: Re: Ada on MVS
Date: 1998/12/21
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In article <367E71DF.64DED54F@elca.ch>, Pascal Sartoretti <Pascal.Sartoretti@elca.ch> writes:

> There seems to be in fact two possibilities for a GNAT port to OS/390
> (the new correct name today of MVS, sorry for the confusion):
> 
> 1. A port to OS/390 itself.
> 2. A port to "OS/390 UNIX System Services" (see
> http://www2.s390.ibm.com/oe/index.html). It seems to be an Unix layer
> added on top of OS/390.
> 
> The second solution should hopefully be easier than the first one.

And not sufficient for some purposes.

When someone says they want support on "MVS", I presume they want
it to run correctly at those site who choose not to run the "Open
Edition" subsystem.

Larry Kilgallen