From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 10/29/2025 2:48 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-10-29, Dennis Boone  wrote:   
   >>> It seems to be funny to use. But I don't see for whom this effort is   
   >>> done - apart hobbyies enthousiasts -.   
   >   
   > Actually, this kind of approach seems a perfectly normal option if you   
   > have any knowledge of embedded systems development. The main difference   
   > is that you are developing applications to run on top of that embedded   
   > system instead of pushing a system image via a JTAG port (for example).   
   >   
   > I've long thought VMS systems should be considered as some kind of   
   > a higher-level embedded system where applications are developed locally   
   > and then packaged up and pushed onto the target VMS system. It looks   
   > like VSI are moving in that same direction as well.   
      
   >> This sort of thing seems to have worked pretty well for IBM and   
   >> development for z/OS.  It seems that even developers for such   
   >> non-mainstream environments still want modern creature comforts.   
   >   
   > This is the exact example I was going to use until you beat me to it. :-)   
   >   
   > When was the last time a 3270 class terminal for serious z/OS software   
   > development was acceptable to developers as the only development option ?   
      
   Developing on a different OS than the target is totally standard   
   today.   
      
   Yes - the 1/3 of development that is native code have some issues   
   that need solutions.   
      
   But the 2/3 of development that is non-native code (Java, .NET,   
   Python, JavaScript, PHP etc.) just do it.   
      
   The most common setup today must be development on Windows   
   targeting Linux servers.   
      
   Arne   
      
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