If you are running *programs compiled with V3 or V4* (and are not in the mood to recompile them on V5).
It is essentially an alternative to V5 (although I suspect IBM would not be happy with that statement). Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 7:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Automatic (COBOL) Binary Optimizer Now Availabile If you are running Cobol V5 - my understanding based on the literature, you do not need ABO. Only if you are running V3 or V4 would you might consider this process. It is to help shops not ready to go to Cobol V5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
