Paul Gorlinsky wrote: >There are some notes that the language environment is dropping off some >prior versions of COBOL.
Do you have a link to the IBM Language Environment documentation to which you are referring? I'm not sure what you're referring to. >IBM is requiring V6 COBOL on the most current version of z/OS of which LE >is a major component. Although I don't speak for IBM (as a reminder), no, IBM isn't doing that. IBM requires that you adhere to your contractual agreements with IBM including license agreements (and otherwise respect applicable legal provisions such as copyrights and patents), but that's about as far as it goes. Let's separate runtime from compilation. In terms of runtime IBM continues to support COBOL programs compiled with older, unsupported COBOL compilers. If you suspect a defect in the z/OS runtime you should open a problem case with IBM. Fierce dedication to backward compatibility is one of the hallmarks of this platform, and to my knowledge this IBM commitment is enduring. In terms of compilers IBM recommends that you run an IBM supported compiler. Currently this means Enterprise COBOL Version 6 (recent release, preferably current release) unless you have a support extension for an older release. You may wish to recompile older programs for performance and other reasons using the newer compiler (or to use Automatic Binary Optimizer), but you are not required to do so. — — — — — Timothy Sipples Senior Architect Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
