>Does this mean that it might be possible to use zcobol to compile some of >our current z/OS COBOL programs into Java classes and run them on a zAAP? >3. C++ for Windows platforms >4. HLA/MASM assembler for Intel platforms
John Yes, the zcobol framework provides for alternate code generation macro libraries for HLASM, Java, C++, and HLA. And we may add PL/I as well based on request on ASLIST earlier. But understand that the initial release is focused primarily on HLASM code generation and only a few demo COBOL programs will be included which have all the necessary code generation macros to compile the same COBOL program to any of the target language environments. The good news is that when the HLASM support is done, you can copy all the HLASM code generation macros to another target language library and just change the generated code model statements in the structured conditional macro code without having to chanage higher lavel shared COBOL language macros or any logic (Well I'm sure that's an exerageration as the different languages will required some different logic as well but it beats replicating the whole compiler). Don Higgins [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
