> As for the 'binder' and 'linkage editor',it's a shock to me.I > thought they're the same thing..... > > Can I get some suggestion about wich manual I should > resort to for the usage of 'binder' ? I know IEWL ,or HEWL, > is the alias of a same program and I use them everyday to > generate cobol load module in my complie-and-link procedure. > Just wonder whether IEWL is the 'binder' or 'linkage editor'?
Both of those names point to the same thing; the BINDER. It has been this way for a long time. The old linkage editor is still shipped "just in case" anything goes wrong in a rebind of something truly arcane. IBM renamed the linkage editor to HEWLKED(?) so you would have to go out of your way to access it. CC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

