Thanks Clark, much appreciated. We did the run-time change several years ago, and actually recompiled most of our code to see what kind of compile problems we would have and didn't find many for our major application. The programs under discussion now are our oldest. As a looking-forward-to-retiring ex-systems programmer, the static links used here have driven me crazy forever.
Your sequence is logical, and is essentially the one we're am advocating. We'll see if it gets followed. I visited Nova Scotia with my wife several years ago, and liked it so much I told her that's where I wanted to retire to. Hopefully, I'll get back there one day. Les Leslie Wagner 718-403-4207 wagn...@finance.nyc.gov -----Original Message----- From: Clark Morris [mailto:cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 8:47 PM To: Wagner, Leslie Subject: [From Vwall: Suspected SPAM]: Your conversion to Enterprise COBOL I have been reading the discussion on your conversion to Enterprise COBOL on ibm-main. My comments are as the consultant who led the technical part of the LE conversion and subsequent conversion to MVS COBOL from COBOL II at Irving Oil Ltd. (in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada) in the late 1990's. If you have not already converted to using the LE run-times that should be done before anything else because you will have to take care of any problems that arise from that conversion. The options are important and should be reviewed because they impact CICS as well as batch and they impact performance. Then I would tackle all of the assembler routines. If they can be replaced with COBOL routines using either COBOL II or Enterprise COBOL that should be done to both ease the rest of the conversion and to eliminate future maintenance headaches. Given what I understand of the history of the programs from your postings either COBOL II or Enterprise COBOL may have eliminated the need for using Assembler. I would go with bridging only if getting those routines to 31 bit Assembler or to COBOL proves too risky or time consuming. Make sure that you have someone who understands COBOL, Assembler the implications of compile options, and the implications of the LE options guiding the technical side of this conversion. Use it as an opportunity to gain better control. It isn't horrendous but there are some subtle things. Clark Morris, semi retired MVS systems programmer and applications programmer analyst 902-665-4006 Bridgetown, Nova Scotia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
