Some years ago I was trying to get a system migrated to z/OS 1.4. I ran into a problem and my cohort told me I could write the diagnostic code in COBOL faster than I could do it in ALC. He was quite right. I knew enough about how the COBOL system behaved, that I could read the various outputs with COBOL and generate the JCL and Commands to fix it.
And, I have processed SMF records with COBOL as well. It is sometimes a pain to do (especially with VS/COBOL). Now the particulars, or details, are a bit hazy now, since the 1.4 fiasco was about 2005. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:16 PM, Clark Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > [Default] On 6 Dec 2016 13:44:13 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > [email protected] (Steve Thompson) wrote: > >> Where I work we do a lot of COBOL. >> >> In fact, l use it as a tool to generate JOBs (JCL). I've even used it to >> help diagnose system problems. > > Could you elaborate on how you use COBOL for system problem diagnosis. > A retired COBOL programmer who used COBOL as the primary language in a > file and program usage system that included parsing SMF 30 records > wants to know. > > Clark Morris >> >> People who know COBOL can do amazing things with it. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Barkow, Eileen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> This is from a LYNDA.COM COBOL course (using the free GNU COOBL on WINDOWS >>> under CYGWIN). >>> I thought that some people might be interested in the big bucks being >>> offered to COBOL programmers. >>> That is certainly news to me. And there was even a reference to the old >>> days when the code had to be punched into cards. >>> >>> " >>> COBOL is an endangered language. But it once ran 80% of the world's >>> business systems: thousands of mission-critical applications that still >>> exist today. Some companies want to upgrade and transition their COBOL >>> applications to more modern frameworks; others want to stick with COBOL's >>> relatively stable platform. In either case, hiring managers are willing to >>> pay a premium for candidates who know how to take on COBOL's challenges. >>> For this reason, programmers are learning COBOL again. >>> " >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or >>> otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you >>> received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to >>> send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or >>> its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and >>> delete the e-mail from your system. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
