Not sure what your experience is, but mine is that given the lack of programmer resources if I really want the improvement I have to code and test the cobol (or other language) fixes myself. Its a rare cobol program that can't have its run time cut in half.
Yours in COBOL, Mark On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:20:34 -0400, Knutson, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote. Mark Zelden replied. >>You can use the sleep command here or a small assembler program to WAIT 5 >>minutes for about 2 seconds of cpu time. This one change will save more >>than a CPU DAY each year. >> >Great example Sam. The system folks are constantly looked at to >improve performace, decrease CPU usage etc. This once again >proves that the biggest bang for your buck will most likely >come from looking at / changing applications. And there are >*many* more opportunities in that space. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

