Baby steps, I guess. Personally I am not convinced that the COBOL language is the proper place for either JSON or XML processing. But I've never been able to come up with good enough requirements for an API that would be both simply and powerful for use within COBOL applications. Oh well... I don't think we'll ever do JSON on the mainframe anyway. All JSON "stuff" is done on our distributed application side. (We do use XML using a vendor product that is pretty good.)
Frank > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:14:38 -0600 > From: john.archie.mck...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Enterprise COBOL 6.1 announced > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > What "bothers" me is the lack of JSON PARSE to go with the JSON GENERATE. > That greatly decreases the utility of using COBOL for an AJAX application. > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Frank Swarbrick < > frank.swarbr...@outlook.com> wrote: > > > Yay for the VSAMOPENFS(SUCC). I submitted the RFE for this. (Probably > > others did as well.) > > > > I am curious what opinions other might have for this being a compile > > option rather than a runtime option. I spoke with COBOL development and > > they were insistent that having it as a compile option was the only way to > > go so-as to not change existing runtime behavior and perhaps cause issues. > > My argument was that if a shop currently always treated 97 and 00 in the > > same manner, and now 97 was never returned, the programs would still behave > > the same. No need for recompile (and perhaps could work even for downlevel > > compiled programs, as long as they used the most recent runtime). > > > > Oh well, water under the bridge I suppose. I'm fairly happy they at least > > addressed it. IMO status 97 should have never existed in the first place. > > > > The INITIALIZE enhancements are pretty nice as well. As are > > ALLOCATE/FREE. I was kind of hoping for more language enhancements, but > > progress is progress. > > > > The requirement for z/OS 2.1 is disappointing. We haven't been on 1.13 > > for all that long, and I don't know that we have an upgrade due any time > > soon... :-( > > > > Frank > > > > > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:47:13 -0600 > > > From: john.archie.mck...@gmail.com > > > Subject: Enterprise COBOL 6.1 announced > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > > > > Announcement > > > > > http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS216-059 > > > > > > trial version > > > > > http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS216-060 > > > > > > One Time Charge version? > > > > > http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS216-061 > > > > > > === > > > > > > New ALLOCATE, FREE, and JSON GENERATE verbs. Allows ALLOCATE and FREE of > > > dynamic memory (GETMAIN / FREEMAIN) and to generate JSON output, similar > > to > > > XML GENERATE is my guess. New option to automatically convert > > FILESTATUS=97 > > > to FILESTATUS=0. Way past time for that! > > > > > > Requires z/OS 2.1 or above. > > > > > > === > > > > > > -- > > > The man has the intellect of a lobotomized turtle. > > > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > > John McKown > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > The man has the intellect of a lobotomized turtle. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
