For all but COBOL, i.e., for C, FORTRAN, HLASM, and PL/I, the historical LE
parm-string sequence was and is (first ordering)
PARM='<LE environmental options>/<program data>'
Initially, COBOL got it backwards, as (second ordering)
PARM='<program data>/<LE environmental options>'
This second ordering is called the COBOL-options convention.
Specifying CBLOPTS(OFF) at LE installation time selects the first ordering,
making COBOL behave like the other languages.
Specifying CBLOPTS(ON) instead yields the second ordering.
Thus for CBLOPTS(OFF) and <LE environmental options> equal to a null string
(missing),
PARM=' /<program data>'
is required; and for CBLOPTS(ON) and <LE environmental options> missing
PARM='<program data>/'
is required instead. The z/OS Language Environment Programming Reference,
SA22-7562, dscusses these matters at length.
John Gilmore
Ashland, MA 01721-1817
USA
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