On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I feel your pain .. at one place I worked they had 90000+ load modules >and they had 25 year old modules (cobol) and no source. >... >Even IBM has source & object that don't match. Interestingly, the large scale Unisys descendants of the B5500/B6500 etc. have set up the operating system and compiler such that upgrades to the operating system can require program recompiles if certain function change. Also, IBM is now requiring that CICS programs be reentrant so OS/VS COBOL load modules will not work with CICS. > >Anything over 1K programmes introduces major issues. > >As much as I would like us all to be current with COBOL, >I would still be a proponent of attrition, rather than 'en masse'. > > >-teD > >In God we Trust! >All others bring data! > -- W. Edwards Deming > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
