We are still running OS/VS Cobol with Report Writer. On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Joel C. Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > True, but there are so many other reasons why code that old should have > already been migrated and re-compiled on a newer COBOL compiler sometime > in the last three decades. If you've got many OS/VS COBOL load modules > still lying around you've potentially got so many other problems: > inability to implement changes/corrections to that code for decades, > uncertainty over source/load-module consistency, limited exploitation of > virtual memory > 16 MiB, object code that does not exploit machine > instruction enhancements of last several decades, possibly even some > unresolved Y2K issues. > > Perhaps Enterprise COBOL may force the issue in some cases, but if a > shop has lacked the ability to compile and regenerate a module for 25 > years, perhaps it's time they were nudged. > Joel C Ewing > > On 04/23/2014 08:19 AM, Greg Shirey wrote: >> APAR PM88048 contains this information: >> >> "IGZ0264S There was an attempt to run both OS/VS COBOL and Enterprise COBOL >> V5 programs in the same enclave. >> "Explanation: OS/VS COBOL programs can not be run in the same enclave where >> Enterprise COBOL V5 programs are also running. >> "Programmer Response: Compile the OS/VS COBOL program with an Enterprise >> COBOL compiler. >> "System Action: The application is terminated." >> >> So, in some cases, there is a de facto requirement to migrate old code. >> >> Regards, >> Greg Shirey >> Ben E. Keith Company >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Timothy Sipples >> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 1:44 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: IBM Development Clueless about COBOL DEV activities >> >> <snip> >> >> There is no requirement to "migrate all of that" or even any of that. >> (Aside: Why is this particular hyperbole so popular? Just stop, please.) >> When/if you want or need to recompile one particular, specific program (or >> subset of programs), sure, use the current compiler. If you want to >> recompile every single line of COBOL source code in your enterprise whenever >> IBM introduces a new release of its COBOL compiler, Gentoo-style, you can if >> you wish. You certainly don't have to. >> >> >> >> > > -- > Joel C. Ewing, Bentonville, AR [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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