You might get some ideas from my blog post. It is a couple of years old now but 
it mostly still applies today. 

Http://zosdebug.com/blog


Chuck Arney

> On Mar 27, 2017, at 3:19 PM, Dave Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What is IBM's strategy for migrating code execution to be above the bar? Has 
> IBM released any documents detailing the next steps, or is this confidential?
> 
> Currently data areas above the bar are widely used but program execution 
> above the bar is not currently supported. Other posts have suggested that 
> Cobol will soon support 64 bit execution but not only for modules loaded  
> below the bar and that 64 bit Cobol is unlikely to be widely used as it is 
> not compatible with 31 bit Cobol and has performance issues.
> 
> Does anybody know if IBM plans to run system modules above the bar? I would 
> be interested in hearing any comments/insights on this topic?
> 
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