Todd - you're bringing logic and fact to the table and those who distribute FUD hate that and do all they can to both ignore it and obscure it.
:-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA Enterprise Operations (Station 200) (005OP6.3.10) Information and Technology, IT Operations and Services -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Todd Arnold Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 7:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: ComputerWorld Says: Cobol plays major role in U.S. government breaches Gee, I've been developing crypto technology for 30+ years that runs in those environments - so it's certainly news to me that it can't be done :-) Looking at the ICSF Application Programmer's Guide, which defines the ways most z/OS applications get cryptographic services, I see this: ICSF callable services can be called from application programs written in a number of high-level languages as well as assembler. The high-level languages are: - C - COBOL - FORTRAN - PL/I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
