Stream: AppDev
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
Did you know Go language hit top 10 in the Tiobe index? Yes, Go is considered one the fastest-growing programming languages in the world. IBM's SDK for Go brings the benefits of Go — simplicity, robust compatibility, and performance — to z/OS. It also brings specific enhancements for the platform. This session will cover opportunities to modernize your existing business critical applications with Go by sharing:
- use-cases such as easy access to z/OS datasets and databases, using Go in a container for better portability of your applications, automatic porting of your existing applications using Wharf, interlanguage calls to COBOL, PL/I and HLASM.
- you can also expect a demo or two.
Bill is the Technical Lead for Go on z/OS at IBM. He has experience in a wide variety of technological areas, including compilers, web services, programming languages, business process design and operating systems. In his career, Bill has worked with C, C++, OCaml, Go, Python, Java, Fortran, assembly language, and others. Previously, Bill acted as a team lead for the port of the Go language (compiler, assembler, linker) to the Linux on Z platform. He has also been Principal investigator on several projects in the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies. Bill has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Syracuse University.
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