A quick look in the ENT COB 5.1 migration guide does turn up this jewel...
Binding (link-editing) Enterprise COBOL programs What is the difference between an object module, a load module, and a program object? An object module is the output of the compiler and input to the binder. A load module is a non-GOFF executable that is output from the binder with an Enterprise COBOL V4.2 object module. A program object is a new style GOOF executable that is the output from the binder when binding an object module from Enterprise COBOL V5.1. Are PDS and PDSE data sets allowed for object and load modules with Enterprise COBOL V5? Compiler output data sets can be PDS or PDSE, including the object module. The output of the bind step must be a PDSE. When COBOL object modules are linked (bound) they become program objects and must be stored in PDSE data sets. This is going to be a big undertaking for us. We have hundreds of application load libraries that are PDS, NOT PDSE. _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jousma, David Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 7:36 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: z/OS 2.1 and tools like COBOL 5.1, Fault Analyzer, Debug Tool, etc. I'm curious about your statement: "With COBOL 5.1, AFAIK, comes also the requirement of the loadlibraries to be PDSE. Which we DON'T have today, neither in production or test systems." If you mean the product code comes in PDSE's then that's no big deal. But if you are saying the output of the compiler has to be PDSE's, in other words, all application load libraries have to be PDSE's then I am concerned. _________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Engineering david.jou...@53.com<mailto:david.jou...@53.com> 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB2H p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.2717 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Berg Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 5:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: z/OS 2.1 and tools like COBOL 5.1, Fault Analyzer, Debug Tool, etc. We are going to eventually install 2.1 in the future. Besides the OS we have to decide how handle the new COBOL 5.1 and it's dependencies towards Fault Analyzer, Debug Tool and other productivity tools. E g which version/release is required for a certain product to work with another product. And can we upgrade to the latest version of e g Fault Analyzer (that otherwise comes with 2.1) at our z/OS 1.13 and get it working ? As a way to take possible problems in advance of the install of 2.1. With COBOL 5.1, AFAIK, comes also the requirement of the loadlibraries to be PDSE. Which we DON'T have today, neither in production or test systems. Do anyone have experiences of these (potential) problems ? Can you let me take part of them I would be grateful! I understand that some at this list have installed and run z/OS 2.1, but have you used COBOL or the other tools ? 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