If you are running Cobol V5 - my understanding based on the literature, you do not need ABO. Only if you are running V3 or V4 would you might consider this process. It is to help shops not ready to go to Cobol V5.
Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 8:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM Automatic (COBOL) Binary Optimizer Now Availabile > > I'm curious about the price of this tool. > Assuming I'm on current level of COBOL compiler I hav the following choice: > a) Do nothing. My programs won't be optimized (except regular release changes). I'll > loose some CPU cycles. > b) Buy COBOL Binary Optimizer (CBO) and optimize all my programs with it. I pay for > the tool, but I'll save some CPU cycles. > c) Instead of buying CBO just recompile all (most) of my code. It is definitely more > time consuming than use of CBO, so I pay for people work, get some CPU cycles, > avoid spendings on CBO. Plus some risk. > > (rhetorical) > What's the best choice? > > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
