Charles writes:
> I know this is above your pay grade <g> but why not open source it? I'll bet
> there are a half a dozen folks that would love to get it working on current
> Windows and perhaps Linux too.

In the past, other IBM internal teams have been given a copy of
ASMPUT with a view to incorporating similar capabilities into
other tools, so I think IBM might want to keep hold of the
rights, even though I'm not personally aware of any specific
replacement tool.

The Windows version appears to have been created using the old
IBM VisualAge C++ compiler, presumably running on Windows NT.
I'm not familiar with the source or with that compiler and the
relevant library routines, but I do know that people tried and
eventually failed to port it to a currently supported compiler,
mainly because the volume of work required far exceeded the
available resources.

Jonathan Scott, HLASM
IBM Hursley, UK

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