Unable to test now, but I think we observed the same thing many years ago when moving from OS PL/I to Enterprise PL/I, and on the now defunct FanDeZhi system (z/OS 1.6 running under Hercules), where both compilers were "installed", it was definitely the case that EPLI compiles used to take significantly longer than OS PLI compiles.
On Fri, 14 Jan 2022 at 16:39, Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > White paper about the dramatic increase in compile CPU times here: > > https://cloudcompiling.com/whitepaper2/ > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Thompson > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 1:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: COBOL V6 question > > Uh, I was talking about a small zBox being used to do nothing but > compiles. Not a non-zArch platform. I know of a company that > provides this service. You off-load your compiles to them which > takes MSU burn off your system to their box -- can cut your cost > of compiles. > > Especially if you take COBOL 6.x off-prem to such a box, since it > EATS MSUs. Or so it has in my experience. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Robert AH Prins robert(a)prino(d)org The hitchhiking grandfather <https://prino.neocities.org/index.html> Some REXX code for use on z/OS <https://prino.neocities.org/zOS/zOS-Tools.html> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
