Being in a weird frame of mind, it makes me wonder how using this product would affect program management and testing. Historically, programmer code, compile, test, then optimize. But if the optimizer actually "recompiles" the object code into new object code, then doesn't that new object code need to be as thoroughly tested as the original, unoptimized, code? So, is the sequence now: code, compile, optimize, test? Also, how well is this optimized code supported by products such as AbendAid or Fault Analyzer? Can they still back track to the original COBOL statement and, when necessary, individual data item which caused an abend?
Doesn't really matter to me. Come 1Q or 2Q and the z is dead as am I. On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > Very quick answer -- I have been through the presentation but am not an > expert and have not used. > > Think of it as a compiler. Most compilers are source code in, object code > out; it is object code in, object code out. > > You would not do it to programs that you recompiled in the conventional > way -- no benefit. It is for "lost the source code, not sure if the source > code matches what we run in production" type situations -- of which > apparently there are myriad, enough to justify a product. > > Charles > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Lizette Koehler > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 6:39 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Interesting Article About Cobol > > So just looking at the PDF diagram, it looks like you have to run your > load module thru the ABO and create a new load module with the same names. > So it will "do stuff" to your current V3 or V4 COBOL Module to make it > better. So the new old module is a hybrid of the old with ABO adjustments. > > And then any time you would recompile your program, you would need to run > it through ABO again. > > Seems like some extra steps. > > Maybe there are those on this list that might be using ABO and can provide > some insight. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
