OS/360 Object File Format
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| − | '''OS/360 Object File Format''' is the original executable format for IBM mainframe operating system OS/360 and its successors. It is still supported by contemporary z/OS, although officially superseded by [[GOFF]]. It is also supported on z/VM (previously VM/CMS), although likewise superseded by GOFF there as well. | + | '''OS/360 Object File Format''' is the original executable format for IBM mainframe operating system OS/360 and its successors. It is still supported by contemporary z/OS, although officially superseded by [[GOFF]]. It is also supported on z/VM (previously VM/CMS), although likewise superseded by GOFF there as well. It is also called "OBJ". There is also an extended version, which came after OBJ but before GOFF, called XOBJ, which has various important features, such as support for symbols with names longer than 8 bytes. |
It was also used by some other mainframe vendors which partially copied IBM's technologies, such as UNIVAC Series 90. | It was also used by some other mainframe vendors which partially copied IBM's technologies, such as UNIVAC Series 90. | ||
Latest revision as of 02:19, 3 March 2024
OS/360 Object File Format is the original executable format for IBM mainframe operating system OS/360 and its successors. It is still supported by contemporary z/OS, although officially superseded by GOFF. It is also supported on z/VM (previously VM/CMS), although likewise superseded by GOFF there as well. It is also called "OBJ". There is also an extended version, which came after OBJ but before GOFF, called XOBJ, which has various important features, such as support for symbols with names longer than 8 bytes.
It was also used by some other mainframe vendors which partially copied IBM's technologies, such as UNIVAC Series 90.
