Tag: compiler

AIX compiler support for MQ

One person asking a question will get an answer; two people asking the same question will probably prompt a post. So here’s the latest: MQ listed the XLC/C++ 16 compiler for AIX as deprecated in 2024 and support for it was removed in version 9.4.2. What does that mean for new development or existing applications?

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This post was last updated on March 10th, 2025 at 09:08 am

C switch statement efficiency

MQ V8 introduced a header file, cmqstrc.h, that maps constants in the MQI to string values. I’ve mentioned it a few times recently, both here and in some other forums. One question came in, asking about how well that code worked. So I’ve recreated some tests I wrote back in 2015, to demonstrate what compilers do with that pattern. This shows the efficiency of writing large switch statements in C.

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This post was last updated on February 25th, 2022 at 10:03 am