Does it produce an ASM cross-reference listing, similar to COBOL? Now we're on a Z13, there's an awful lot of code that was compiled on Z10 or even earlier hardware using older compilers. Could be less risky than recompiling. Also wonder why it would care what compiler produced the module.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Cheryl Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's some more about it (see item #4) - > http://www.watsonwalker.com/Clist184.pdf > > Cheryl > > > Cheryl Watson > Watson & Walker, Inc. > 100 Central Ave, Suite 1013 > Sarasota, FL 34236 > P-941-924-6565, F-941-924-4892 > www.watsonwalker.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2015 3:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Optimus - COBOL binary optimizer > > I attended a presentation today at IBM and there was a bit talk about a > new binary optimizer called Optimus. At the moment it is for COBOL only but > in the future will support C/C++ and PL/1. It basically scans an old module > and creates a new one replacing the old instructions with new ones > optimized for the architecture level of your machine. That's pretty cool > stuff. No need for re-compiles. I assume it's using technology ripped from > the Java JIT. > > Here's a link to a rather shabby webpage which hopefully will be improved > soon > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/community/BinaryOptimizer > . > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
