Gerard Graham wrote:
My management is actually considering moving certain cobal apps to
Linux,they see savings on the IFL, if we can run cobal there, has any one
done this on the z/series, or even intel. If not are there any sites I can
be pointed to for info.
Call BEA Systems and ask them to PLEASE, please open source their Cobol
compiler. It handles many of the IBM nuances since it was designed
to compile CICS Cobol in particular. Their compiler compiles
code down to C code and uses the native compiler. It was ported
to over 20 different *ix platforms. You might as well request them
to open source their CICS engine as well. BEA believes they can
use the technology in a future leveraged deal.. but it has been
collecting dust for many years now. It will likely need some
cleanup work, but it is ANSI-C and 64-bit ready.
If you ever wanted a reason for why the GPL is a good thing... here's
a prime example of IP going down the toilet.
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