IBM is pitching to two audiences: 1. Don't have or are not sure have the current source code. 2. No time to test. IBM is touting reduced testing requirements. Opinions may differ.
I am no expert but if I were going to migrate my COBOL environment I would go to V6. I don't think V5 offers any advantages over V6. V5 has some problems apparently with very large source programs, such as code-generator-produced source, which are ameliorated by V6's use of AMODE64 (for the compiler itself, not for compiled programs). Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Automatic Binary Optimizer (ABO) If you have and are using V5 (or 6) what is the point of using ABO? We don't have any plans to get ABO. We're just going to use COBOL V5. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
