bruiser@wybbs.mi.org (Kevin Williams) (02/19/91)
I'm looking for a C compiler or interpreter for an MVS environment. I remember using one when I was in college, but I don't know where it came from. I think SAS sells a compiler that runs under MVS, but I'm looking for something a little less expensive (public domain would be ideal). I don't need every whiz-bang feature on earth, just a tool to help convert PL/I to C for porting to a Unix machine. Thanks in advance. -- Kevin (bruiser@wybbs.mi.org)
campbell@dev8n.mdcbbs.com (Tim Campbell) (02/25/91)
In article <347@wybbs.mi.org>, bruiser@wybbs.mi.org (Kevin Williams) writes: > I'm looking for a C compiler or interpreter for > an MVS environment. I remember using one when > I was in college, but I don't know where it came > from. I think SAS sells a compiler that runs > under MVS, but I'm looking for something a little > less expensive (public domain would be ideal). > I don't need every whiz-bang feature on earth, > just a tool to help convert PL/I to C for porting > to a Unix machine. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- Kevin (bruiser@wybbs.mi.org) -- The only C compiler on MVS that I am familiar with is IBM's C/370. It in no way qualifies for "free" or "cheap" to be certain. LPI (the Liant Group) has a PL/I compiler for the workstation that is easily the best non-mainframe based compiler available. It can do most of the things that the (IBM) mainframe compiler can do. For the few things it can't handle, there are some workarounds. I know that this compiler works on Sun (Sparc) because I have it. I'm not certain what other platforms are supported. This could make your porting a LOT easier. Hope the info is helpful. -Tim --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In real life: Tim Campbell - Electronic Data Systems Corp. Usenet: campbell@dev8.mdcbbs.com @ McDonnell Douglas M&E - Cypress, CA also: tcampbel@einstein.eds.com @ EDS - Troy, MI CompuServe: 71631,654 Prodigy: MPTX77A P.S. If anyone asks, just remember, you never saw any of this -- in fact, I wasn't even here.