Sounds like it is time for you to read both the COBOL and LE "Migration Guides".
Short Answer(s): 1) OS/VS COBOL code runs "fine" under LE and, in fact, migrating to LE for your run-time and link-edit libraries SHOULD be your first step. (There are some "gotchas" - but I won't go into these in a short answer). 2) Neither new or old PL/I or COBOL (or Fortran) *currently* use the 64-bit version of LE. (Only C/C++ and Assembler do). However, this isn't a "separate" product. All of these run on 64-bit machines. 3) There is at least one company that can "semi-recover" COBOL source code from OS/VS COBOL object code. 4) BY the way, OS/VS COBOL code doesn't (itself) even run in 31-bit "mode" - but does provide interoperability with languages that do (unlike 64-bit where no such interpretability is currently available) 3) You do NOT need to recompile existing OS/VS COBOL program (unless you are looking for things like CICS TS 3.1). **** Lots and LOTS more to say about all of this, but read the migration guides first. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Quick question: Do old COBOL (OS/VS and COBOL II) programs run in > 64-bit mode? Do they need recompiled or do we have to figure out how > to get them to work with LE? > > We don't have the source to some of our older programs, so recompiling > them is not an option. > > Yeah, quit laughing... I bet we're not the only shop with this "issue". > ;-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
