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Vienna Conference - A Trip Report
I think people know better than to ask me for a trip report to a conference I've attended. They'll get what I think is important - and their priorities are probably different. So here is that trip report anyway... You'll probably have gathered by now I'm for a "for the journey" person than a "for the destination" one. But I won't bore you with the minor inconveniences on both... [More]
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Time To Move From zAAPs to zIIPs?
Prompted by Troy Coleman's article zEC12 and zIIP Processors I thought I'd write about how I see the future for zAAPs. First, his article does a good job of covering the area. So I recommend you read it. Troy mentions the "zAAP on zIIP" function - which allows zAAP-eligible work to run on a zIIP. It's not news and it's a good piece of function: It means you can fill zIIPs more readily, making them... [More]
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Flash Saviour Of The Universe?
When I first heard of Flash Express as part of the zEC12 announcement -
some time before announcement - I thought of one use case above all,
and one of particularly poignant resonance with some of my readers: Dump capture amelioration. Then, in the marketing materials, I heard of others.
And the discussions have grown more numerous recently.
So it’s time I expressed (pardon the pun) my... [More]
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