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HTH Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 4:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Modernizing the BCP code ? Haha, I think there were GCC projects for both COBOL and PL/I, but both are stagnate (and probably incomplete). One can still dream, though! Frank >________________________________ > From: "McKown, John" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:53 PM >Subject: Re: Modernizing the BCP code ? > >Sounds like what is done by the GNU compiler people. From what I've read, all >the GNU compilers utilize the same "back end" code generator. IIRC, at one >time the non-C compilers really did a <language> to C conversion, followed by >a C compile. I don't know if I have the terminology correct, but now all the >compilers in the GCC collection emit a "parse tree"(?) and pass that to the >common back end for actual optimization and code generation. > >Now if they would just create a COBOL and PL/I compiler "front end", I would >be in 7th heaven. -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
