On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:59:31 -0500, Mueller, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>We are in the transition from z/OS-1.6 to z/OS-1.8 (I know we are >behind). This also involves a transition from IGY.SIGYCOMP having the >"PP 5648-A25 IBM COBOL for OS/390 & VM 2.2.1" compiler to it having the >"PP 5655-G53 IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS 3.4.1" compiler. > >Are "COBOL for OS/390" and "COBOL for z/OS" essentially different >versions of the same compiler (the same language standards level)? Or >are they fundamentally different compilers (as "COBOL for OS/390" was >fundamentally different from "VS-COBOL-II")? > > >David Mueller | Systems Programmer They are basically the same. I.e. if it compiles with COBOL for OS/390, then it should still compile with no changes to source with COBOL for z/OS, and it should produce identical output from that program. The newer compiler just has new features. -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
