I would have never thought that the FYI would create such a great discussion. Has anyone taken the time to post all the great comments, questions on the site itself? That may generate and/or answer some of the questions here...
Thanks! *George Rodriguez* *Specialist II - IT Solutions* *IT Enterprise Applications* *PX - 47652* *(561) 357-7652 (office)* *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* *School District of Palm Beach County* *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* *Room B-251* *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Eight Consecutive Years* On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Lizette Koehler <stars...@mindspring.com> wrote: > Actually for Enterprise Cobol V3 and V4 > Using the Optimizer on COBOL v3 and v4 executables is a 25 year jump > forward in > hardware technology and access to over 600 new hardware instructions > already on > your machines. > ABO -Architecture Exploitation 0 to 11 In One Step. > ARCH(11) > z13 > ARCH(…) > ARCH(0) > Original > Compiled > Programs > • All Pre-V5 COBOL compiler releases generated only base ESA/390 level code > • The Optimizer, like COBOL V5, generates code up to z13 ARCH(11) > > This was extracted from the ABO TidBits PDF. > > Lizette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > > Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:22 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Interesting Article About Cobol > > > > My understanding is that ABO is not required for modern COBOL compilers. > Only > for > > the 'old' binarys. > > > > - > > -teD > > - > > Original Message > > From: Lizette Koehler > > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 09:47 > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Reply To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > 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. > > > > Lizette > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > > > On Behalf Of George Rodriguez > > > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 5:51 AM > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > Subject: Interesting Article About Cobol > > > > > > FYI... > > > > > > Mainframe Cobol > > > <http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/db2zos/how-to-improve-performance-of-your > > > -older- > > > cobol-programs--70505?rss=1> > > > > > > *George Rodriguez* > > > *Specialist II - IT Solutions* > > > *IT Enterprise Applications* > > > *PX - 47652* > > > *(561) 357-7652 (office)* > > > *(954) 415-7586 (mobile)* > > > *School District of Palm Beach County* > > > *3348 Forest Hill Blvd.* > > > *Room B-251* > > > *West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869* > > > *Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Eight Consecutive Years* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *Disclaimer: *Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
