A commercial Cobol compiler that targets Java byte codes have been available for a long time:
http://www.legacyj.com/lgcyj_perc1.html As far as I can tell, it runs as pure Java byte codes and on z/OS and would therefore take advantage of zAAP. But, one should contact the company for details. Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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