Swift available on z/OS

trudeaun · New User Joined: 15 May 2018 Posts: 3 Location: Canada

Have you wanted to try a more modern programming language? IBM makes the Swift programming available on z/OS at no cost, and your Swift programs can interoperate with your existing 64 bit programs written in PL/I, C, and C++.

Download IBM Toolkit for Swift on z/OS

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:43 pm

trudeaun · New User Joined: 15 May 2018 Posts: 3 Location: Canada

Hi Enrico,

Thanks for your response! Recently, IBM has released some new social computing guidelines for us to follow, where we are encouraged to participate on non-IBM websites as individuals but should include this disclaimer: www.ibm.com/blogs/zz/en/guidelines.html. My manager is definitely aware of my participation in forums

Let me know if I can answer any questions about Swift on z/OS.

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:37 am

glad to see that IBM released some of the constraints that existed once

Steve Ives · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:29 pm

Swift is a nice language. The only problem is that having used languages with more modern programming features (Swift, PHP etc), REXX is very much a dinosaur and will have you despairing at the things it cannot do.

Steve Ives · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:32 pm