About that same time period, I attended a SHARE meeting where at a BOF session on the future of the (then) linkage editor, one of the IBMer's running the BOF stated that they had lost the source to the linkage editor and were planning a total rewrite.
I wonder if the losses occurred at the same time? One event maybe? All of which says nothing about current z/OS code, of course. That was then, this is now. Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 9:45 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: LE question about COBOL compatibility > > >I am not sure what you are suggesting. The compile/assembly dates in the > eyecatchers of the modules would suggest that IBM has source code which > matches this object code. > > When we converted to XA in the early 1980's, I was at a presentation given > by an IBM Canada rep. > He said two things: > 1. IEBCOPY was still overlays. > 2. They had to re-write it, because they lost the source code. > > I cannot remember his name. 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
