I used it at two different shops extensively prior to 1983. Mike
On Sun, Jun 18, 2023, 5:58 PM Radoslaw Skorupka < [email protected]> wrote: > My €0.02 > Obviously no one use checkpoint/restart facility nowadays. > Proper question is: is there anybody (not retired yet) who ever used > it? :-) > > Yes, you can safely remove it from COBOL. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > > W dniu 18.06.2023 o 04:50, Tom Ross pisze: > > Greetings! > > > > Does anyone know if there are people/applications using > checkpoint/restart in > > COBOL applications? The doc only shows it is usable in programs that > use SORT, > > I have not heard of customers doing this in years, but someone in > IBMMAIN would > > know better than me! The reason for the question is that IBM is > considering > > removing that capability from z/OS and we are wondering how much of an > impact, > > if any, this would be on COBOL applications? (Actually PL/I also, but I > work > > in COBOL so kind of focused on that :-) > > > > Cheers, > > TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
