About z/XDC - Get z/XDC - Change History:

This page provides a concise summary of changes to every release of XDC since the release of XDC x3.0 in 1994. Where available, click the release name to get additional details about the updates and enhancements for that release.

• z/XDC z1.12 (January, 2011):
• Support for over 120 new machine instructions available on the z/Enterprise 196
• Major improvements in debugging SRB applications
• Major improvements in working with Dataspaces
• "Helper Dialogs" for the DMAP, FIND, MAP and USING commands
• Internal Architecture changes
• z/XDC z1.10 (May, 2009):
• 75 new machine instructions introduced by IBM’s new System z10 processor
• Setting hooks into programs in store-protected storage
• Debugging problem state PC routines
• z/XDC z1.9 (October, 2007):
• Support for using REXX to write user-written z/XDC commands
• Decimal floating point and binary floating point display support
• z/OS 1.9 support
• z/XDC z1.8 (October, 2006):
• Support for debugging SRB mode programs
• Support for executing z/XDC as an FRR
• z/XDC z1.7 (February 2006):
• Beta release for z/XDC z1.8
• z/XDC z1.6 (November, 2004):
• Support for HL-ASM R1.5's ADATA
• Support for z/OS R1.6's ALRF
• Protected-storage protection support
• z/XDC z1.3 (May, 2004):
• Autocloning
• Complete program object support
• z/XDC z1.2 (October, 2003):
• z/Architecture support (64-bit wide address and register support)
• XDC/SE S2.0 (December, 2000):
• Incremental changes implemented via maintenance
• XDC/SE S2.0 (August, 2000):
• Source level debugging support
• XDC/SE S1.0 (November, 1998):
• PDS/E support
• XMS Support
• XDC X3.3 (October, 1997):
• Year 2000 compliance
• Support for new PSW-relative machine instructions
• Limited support for long names
• XDC X3.2 (December, 1996):
• New hook command
• XDC X3.1 (April, 1995):
• Beta-test release of X3.2
• XDC X3.0 (June, 1994):
• MVS/ESA support