I cannot speak for IBM, but IMHO they may have felt that way at one time, but EC 5.2 is clearly an investment on IBM's part and a commitment to the future of COBOL.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. "Add new features" and "make it go into an old-fashioned load module" are potentially inconsistent requirements. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:23 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: COBOL v5 Peter: I agree with you. BUT as we have heard many times IBM doesn't see a need for this and have relegated COBOL to the dust bin of history. We have had discussions on here about the need but until there is critical mass IBM will not consider this as a "need". Then IBM will probably come up with a half cocked idea like mandating PDSE's. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
