> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of wmklein > Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:55 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Fwd: editting & testing COBOL code > > If you send me (off-list) a name and contact information for the IBM > sales person who told your company that RDz doesn't include a COBOL > (or PL/I) compiler (for Windows), I can make certain that they get > contacted by someone within IBM to help "re-educate" them. > > In the mean time, you can find the LRM for "BIM COBOL for > Windows" (the compiler ocmponent of RDz) at: > http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/igy7lr10.pdf > while the Porgramming Guide is at: > http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/igy7pg10.pdf > > The "fact sheet" for the current version of RDz is at: > http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/about/?S_CMP=rnav&S_CMP=rnav > > In particular, see the paragraph starting, > > "IBM COBOL for Windows compiler supports development of IBM COBOL > applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and deploying to > Windows platforms. IBM PL/I for Windows compiler supports development > of IBM PL/I applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and > deploying to Windows platforms."
Thanks for the url's and the quote, Dave A. also sent the page address where I could see all of the RDz docs. Curiously, the main docs page for RDz does not reference the PL/1 compiler doc at all, though that doesn't matter for my shop. Sorry, I don't have names for the sales people, though I would dearly love to see them "re-educated". In any case, establishing an off-mainframe data repository for sequential and VSAM data and/or an NFS/SMB connection to the mainframe for sequential data (and all the associated CPU cycles that those products require on the mainframe) would still be the sticking point for realistic off-mainframe testing. In an already-CPU-constrained development environment, I'm not sure that RDz provides sufficient CPU usage savings to justify its cost even with a PC-based compiler, but I remain open to being proved wrong. Peter This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
