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Introduction

The SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and the SAS/C Cross-Platform C++ Development System(footnote 1) runs on a workstation and produces prelinked output files that can be transferred to an IBM® System/370^TM mainframe. On the IBM System/370 mainframe, the files can be linked to produce an executable load module.

Like the SAS/C Compiler, the SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and C++ Development System is a portable implementation of the high-level C and C++ languages. It provides the same function under the UNIX, Windows 95, and Windows NT(footnote 2) operating systems as the SAS/C C and C++ Development System does under the OS/390 or CMS operating systems. This includes the following:

• All SAS/C C and C++ preprocessor capabilities.

• All SAS/C C and C++ code generation capabilities, including optimization and other features.

• All of the prelinking functions provided by the SAS/C COOL utility, including extended names processing.

  Note:    Starting with Release 6.00, COOL replaced CLINK as the default SAS/C prelinker on OS/390 and CMS systems. Similarly, the program cool replaced clink as the default prelinker for the SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and C++ Development System. For details on this and other changes in Release 6.50, see Compatibility Notes.  
  

• An object module disassembler that can be used to generate an object module disassembly listing file.

• The capability of producing object modules suitable for debugging with the SAS/C Debugger.

• Support for the SAS/C CICS preprocessor.

• Support for portable ar370 archive libraries.

Application Development Process illustrates the application development process using the SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and C++ Development System.

Application Development Process

FOOTNOTE 2:   For future references, Windows is synonymous with Windows 95 and Windows NT. 

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