Timothy, I take your point, and while I do admire your optimism, it was a year ago this month that John Chase posed the question to this list whether anyone had measured any performance improvements compiling programs with COBOL V5. There was only one answer (from me as a matter of fact) and the results I reported were mixed. I'd love to hear from others... (I'm optimistic too - but cautiously)
Regards, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 1:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: COBOL V5.x and CSP descendants was Re: New and improved IBM migration recommendations for COBOL V5 Greg, thank you for acknowledging that IBM apparently neatly addressed your concern with Option #1: IBM Program Number 5655-TRY. ("Operators are standing by....") However, I think you misunderstood or didn't appreciate the "So what!" point I made. I'll spend a few more words elaborating on what I think is an irrational "fear of the SVC." "So what!" if your monthly charge for your COBOL compiler (only) increases (*) when the highly likely outcome is.... ....Your monthly z/OS charge decreases; ....Your monthly CICS TS charge decreases; ....Your monthly DB2 charge decreases; ....Your monthly MQ charge decreases; ....Your monthly IMS charge decreases; ....Your monthly (whatever else) charge decreases; ....You defer the charges associated with your next capacity upgrade; ....And you enjoy the new compiler's new functions. <snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
