Me too! What I am fascinated by is the extension of the definition of "compiler." Most of us would define "compiler" as "a piece of software that takes source code in and produces object code out." I would call the ABO a compiler that takes (old) object code in and produces (better) object code out.
John, it comes out of the COBOL compiler group, right? Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Automatic (COBOL) Binary Optimizer Now Availabile John Eells wrote: > Charles Mills wrote: >> 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). > > It is of course an alternative to V5 (as is doing nothing at all), but > as I understand it, it will not yield the same performance gains a V5 > recompile can gain. > I must add that I think the ABO technology is really neat. (Not an IBM marketing statement; I really think it's cool!) The notion that one can optimize old stuff without a recompile is fascinating. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
