I thought I saw something about it on the web. Sorry for the error of relating the COBOL compiler option with the Operating System.
In reading there were many people saying that by using this extension they would at least have 10 years to change the code. Even IBM said that this was not a permanent solution to the problem, only a temporary one. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know much about the option. When the subject first came up at the company I was working they just developed a project and converted the 2 digit year to a 4 digit year. No MLE option ever came up. My thanks to everyone for setting me straight and for the solutuon of "don't worry, it'll work." George Rodriguez Specialist, Systems Programmer Network & Technical Services (561) 357-7652 (office) (561) 707-3496 (mobil) School District of Palm Beach County 3348 Forest Hill Blvd. Room B-332 West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869 Rated "A" by the Florida Dept. of Education 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 ----- Original Message ----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tue Mar 10 18:31:38 2009 Subject: Fw: MLE Option Support Call me confused, If by "MLE" you are referring to "Millennium Language Extensions", then I don't know why you think this has ANYTHING to do with the level of z/OS (or even LE) in use. This is a "language specific" feature and is dependent upon the COMPILER (COBOL or PL/I) in use and NOT what release/version of the operating system you are using. As far as future "support", I find it very difficult (if not impossible) to believe that either COBOL or PL/I will drop support for this feature - especially without a VERY SIGNIFICANT warning periods. At lest for COBOL, the feature allows for "absolute" or "relative" windowing, so either won't be impacted by a change from "2009" to 2010" in the "current" year. What am I missing that makes you think that this MIGHT change? "George Rodriguez" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<b8556c7c0999d4479a3f7944ac47e98303804...@pbmail5.palmbeach.k12.fl.us>. .. > I'm currently running z/OS v1.4 and I've been asked if the MLE option > will work beyond 2010. My plans are to first go to v1.7 then to 1.9. I > will need to know if the MLE will work on those environments as well. > > > > Thanks in advance... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
