On 4 Dec 2009 07:05:39 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of wmklein >> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 12:55 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Fwd: editting & testing COBOL code >> >> If you send me (off-list) a name and contact information for the IBM >> sales person who told your company that RDz doesn't include a COBOL >> (or PL/I) compiler (for Windows), I can make certain that they get >> contacted by someone within IBM to help "re-educate" them. >> >> In the mean time, you can find the LRM for "BIM COBOL for >> Windows" (the compiler ocmponent of RDz) at: >> http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/igy7lr10.pdf >> while the Porgramming Guide is at: >> http://publibfp.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/igy7pg10.pdf >> >> The "fact sheet" for the current version of RDz is at: >> >http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/rdz/about/?S_CMP=rnav&S_CMP=rnav >> >> In particular, see the paragraph starting, >> >> "IBM COBOL for Windows compiler supports development of IBM COBOL >> applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and deploying to >> Windows platforms. IBM PL/I for Windows compiler supports development >> of IBM PL/I applications including compiling, testing, debugging, and >> deploying to Windows platforms." > >Thanks for the url's and the quote, Dave A. also sent the page address >where I could see all of the RDz docs. Curiously, the main docs page >for RDz does not reference the PL/1 compiler doc at all, though that >doesn't matter for my shop. > >Sorry, I don't have names for the sales people, though I would dearly >love to see them "re-educated". > >In any case, establishing an off-mainframe data repository for >sequential and VSAM data and/or an NFS/SMB connection to the mainframe >for sequential data (and all the associated CPU cycles that those >products require on the mainframe) would still be the sticking point for >realistic off-mainframe testing. In an already-CPU-constrained >development environment, I'm not sure that RDz provides sufficient CPU >usage savings to justify its cost even with a PC-based compiler, but I >remain open to being proved wrong.
If I understand the benefits of RDz correctly, you get a superior development environment which may even have a repository. If it does, there is the opportunity to get a handle on your program inventory and discover the tools you already have. > >Peter > > >This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the >addressee and >may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of >the >message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the >intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this >communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication >in >error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any >attachments from your system. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
