On 16 Jul 2010 13:18:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Ales impair performance, after the first few anyway. > > > >In a more serious vein Java in an adult language, an adolescent one anyway, >that lends itself to list- and pointer-oriented processing as COBOL does not. >That said, it is not usually written this way; in my experience it always >turns into a species of COBOL with semicolons when it is written by quondam >COBOL programmers. > As noted in another thread, the question is really is it better to run EGL generated COBOL or EGL generated Java which brings in some interesting other questions. If all of the true source in the shop is in EGL and languages other than COBOL, using Java would allow elimination of the licenses for COBOL and runtimes. If everything online is in EGL then it might be possible to move from CICS to Websphere. Since EGL is descended from CSP (Cross System Product I think) and CSP version 4 generated horrific COBOL code this is an open question. Depending on the business and what the code is doing, there are a number of possibilities. Of course personally unless EGL is A LOT BETTER than CSP, I would want to ditch EGL.
Clark Morris > > >More seriously still, since the question under discussion was not formulated >carefully enough to lend itself to a serious answer none could be or has been >provided. > > > >The singular merit of Java is its portability. CICS APs are not notoriously >portable, and a technical case for its use under CICS (as opposed to a >marketing one for its availability there) is thus hard to make. If something >better that COBOL is wanted, C, PL/I, and the HLASM are all available there. > >John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with >Hotmail. >http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
