Systems/C is Dignus' premier C compiler product for the IBM mainframe. Systems/C compiler software allows users to develop mainframe C applications on a mainframe, or on UNIX and Windows workstations.

The Version 1.90 release is available now!

To learn more about the new features in Version 1.90, visit the what's new web page.

Version 1.90 of Systems/C represents many years of effort. It includes on-going code-generation and optimization improvements, a new DB2 preprocessor (DB2PPC.) DB2PPC can be employed on cross-platform hosts to preprocess EXEC SQL statements and produce the DB2 DBRM file. This version also now generates IBM-compatible debugging information, in either ISD or DWARF formats, so that the IBM debuggers can be used with Systems/C-generated objects.

Version 1.90 includes many user-requested features that support the compilers operation in many environments, as well improvements to the several utilities and the runtime library.

Systems/C is available as a native compiler for OS/390, z/OS, Linux/390 and z/Linux, or as a cross-compiler hosted on Windows, AIX, Solaris, Solaris x86, FreeBSD, HP/UX, Mac OS X and Linux.

Also, the documentation is now available as .pdf file. And, you can request a 30-day trial of Systems/C to examine yourself.

Systems/C can be applied to many development tasks.

Did you ever just want to write an assembly routine in a High Level Language, and simply link that in with your existing ASM programs? Systems/C's unique generation of assembly language source (with user-specified function entry and exit, etc..) makes that possible!

Did you ever want to compile your IBM Cprograms under your workstation's build environment. Imagine compiling IBM C programs under Microsoft's Visual Studio. Systems/C makes that possible!

Did you ever want to compile C programs for the mainframe and package them without worrying about run-time libraries. Systems/C makes that possible!

Did you ever want to directly reference assembly language source from C code, or directly in-line assembly code in the middle of your high-level code? Systems/C makes that possible!

In short, Systems/C takes your development to the "next level!"

Features of Systems/C include:

• ANSI C compiler, ANSI C preprocessor, C Library, pre-linker and linker, archive librarian utilities, a CICS preprocessor and a DB2 preprocessor.

• Available as a native C compiler on OS/390, z/OS,Linux/390 and z/Linux, as well as a cross compiler on Windows/95, Windows/NT, Windows/2000, AIX, Linux, Solaris, HP/UX, Mac OS-X and FreeBSD.

• True 64-bit compiler, using the new "grande" instructions, new floating point registers, immediate instructions, etc.

• Generates formatted and commented ASM source, ready for assembly by HLASM on OS/390 or the z/Linux and Linux/390 assemblers on z/Linux and Linux/390.

• Supports direct in-line assembly code - including system macros. Allows for access to registers via C variables for readily communicating data between ASM and C code. Also, C source can reference ASM constants, such as EQUate values, DSECT offsets, etc...

• Optimized function entry and exit. Entry and exit macros can be tailored, on a per-function basis, or completely replaced by the user's own macros. The choice of base register can be changed on a per-compilation basis.

• IBM C compatibility mode; where the generated assembler source code, can be freely mixed with IBM C objects. This includes the long long and Decimal data types, as well as several other IBM C language extensions and debugging information.

• Native OS/390 support:
  • Cross-memory mode (HASN != PASN != SASN).
    
  • AR mode; extensions to C to add ALET-qualified pointers.
    
  • Full access to OS/390 services via in-line ASM source.
    
  • Allow non-key 8, supervisor state and SRB-mode execution.
    
  • 24/31 bit AMODE.
    
  • Supports DISABLED callers (interrupts) with modified function entry and exit macros.
    

• Linux/390 and z/Linux support:
  • Supports GCC-style C language extensions
  • Compiles with the Linux/390 system header files, unchanged.
  • Generated objects link with any other Linux/390 or z/Linux objects.
  • Can generate Linux assembler source on any supported platform.
  • Systems/C language extenstions supported, including direct inline assembler source.

• CMS support:
  • Directly callable sytem services, via the inline assembly source feature.
    
  • 24/31/64-bit AMODE.
    
  • AR mode; extensions to C to add ALET-qualified pointers.
    

We've also provided several examples to point out these features. These examples represent work-in-progress; so every feature may not be evident. Furthermore, they are frequently updated; you may want to check often.

Also - you can compile your own source! We've provided a web-based compilation mechanism to submit source and see the output from the Systems/C compiler (DCC), along with the generated assembly language source.