Shades of the Capex Optimizer for ANSI COBOL back in the 1980s. On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 4:50 PM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote:
> 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:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of John Eells > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 2:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
