On 21 Aug 2012 14:52:42 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Ah, I see what you mean. > >Some of the routines could indeed be done now in COBOL. One routine gets the >address of a working-storage area. There's also a date conversion routine >that most likely could use LE services, if not be done in COBOL itself.
The date conversion routine definitely can be done in COBOL > >Nonetheless, there are hundreds of programs that call these routines, and I >have no intention of changing them! :-) > >Frank > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Clark Morris <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:54 AM >>Subject: Re: GOFF >> >>On 20 Aug 2012 16:20:17 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> >>>Upgrades. Why do you ask? >>> >>If they are upgrades, review them to see if the latest and greatest >>COBOL can do the job. This can ease future maintenance. INSPECT >>CONVERTING and some of the other things in the 1985 standard >>eliminated the need for some routines. Also routines written in COBOL >>can be included as sub-programs saving inter-module overhead. >> >>Clark Morris >>> >>> >>>>________________________________ >>>> From: Clark Morris <[email protected]> >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 5:05 PM >>>>Subject: Re: GOFF >>>> >>>>On 20 Aug 2012 15:13:03 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>>> >>>>>I am converting to assembler subroutines, which are called by (Enterprise) >>>>>COBOL programs to do various things, to make them re-entrant. Is there >>>>>any reason I should not change my assembler options to specify GOFF? >>>>> >>>>Are these brand new routines as opposed to upgrades of existing >>>>routines? >>>> >>>>Clark Morris >>>>> >>>> >>>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
