On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:24:05 +0000, Chase, John wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>I learned via PMR that Rational Developer for System z ("RDz") v9.x ("latest &
>greatest") does not "officially" support Enterprise COBOL v5.1. The
>workaround suggested by RDz Support was to specify COBOL v4.2 and
>XMLPARSE(XMLSS) in the RDz wizard, because COBOL v5.1 does not support
>XMLPARSE(COMPAT). We did that, and the resulting program source generated by
>RDz compiled "clean" with COBOL v5.1, but ABENDs when invoked in CICS. The
>same source compiled with the COBOL v4.2 compiler runs fine in CICS.
>
>At the suggestion of the IBMer handling the RDz PMR I've opened a Request for
>Enhancement (RFE) on Developerworks. You may view the RFE at:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=50856
>
This sort of thing shouldn't require an RFE. When a vendor commits to
supporting
a product such as COBOL, the commitment should state, and customers should
demand, that be _at_its_current_level_.
How many ISVs reading this list would decline to support their products under
z/OS 2.1 because they were purchased at 1.13? But I'd expect some latency
for development and testing and/or requirement of an upgrade to the current
level of the ISV product.
-- gil
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