-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Andreas F. Geissbuehler Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 9:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: [turnkey-mvs] turnkey mvs and cobol/jcl environment
<SNIP> I second Jo on this and URGE YOU to continue with herc and MVS 3.8j, even Assembler 370, but forget COBOL. You need to master current, modern COBOL which you can accomplish short-term by visiting Prof. Don Higgin's website at www.z390.org. Don's Java-based zASM and zCOBOL at www.zcobol.org are modern, state-of-the-art implementation which I recomend you should evaluate and consider to use, instead of, in addition to and/or in combination with TK3. <SNIP> Assuming he is running a M/S product, he can probably get one of the COBOL books with a COBOL CD in it. Fujitsu's COBOL runs nicely on NT, and W2K (with a few tweeks). I haven't tried it under XP. The use of the FCOBOL under MVS3.8 or the equivalent under DOS (R34?), will teach COBOL basics. The PC based compilers will take that source (at least the Fujitsu one will) and produce working code under Winders. So the question is, where did OS/2 and a M/F compatible COBOL go? Why do people use Realia (do they still exist?) to do COBOL development on a PC and then upload the source to a M/F? [Same for the Fujitsu system.] It is because of IBM Marketing's view of the world. Regards, Steve Thompson -- Opinions expressed by this poster may not reflect those held by poster's employer -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
