> Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 09:22:06 -0600
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RFE for COBOL run-time
> To: [email protected]
>
> I think it is not "full COBOL" in the sense that saying "per se" is not
> "full English". "per se" is a borrowed phrase from another language (which
> English loves to do). So doing a "CALL BPXWDYN" is "less COBOLish" than
> modifying the internal COBOL supplied code which supports dynamic
> allocation of data sets / UNIX files to also support SYSOUT. Or, to put it
> another way: "If it is full COBOL, why ain't it in the COBOL manuals?" and
> "why did IBM waste the coding of dynamic allocation via COBOL interfaces
> when BPXWDYN can do that and more?". Also, why would a COBOL programmer
> look for documentation on how to do something in a manual entitled "Using
> REXX and z/OS UNIX System Services". COBOL, and PL/I, are barely mentioned,
> in passing, in the documentation for BPXWDYN. And there is no example code
> in that book, or the COBOL book.
>
> Also, we are looking at this in a z/OS biased way. Does Enterprise COBOL
> support DOS/VSE (or whatever its called now)? If so, does it also allow
> allocation of files in VSE? Does VSE support BPXWDYN? Just some thoughts. I
> don't have much personal interest, given my likely eviction from the arena
> when I lose my current job.
Enterprise COBOL does not support VSE (z/VSE). VSE also has no Unix
subsystem, so I don't imagine BPXWDYN is supported either. VSE COBOL
does not (directly) support dynamic allocation of datasets at all, to my
knowledge.
Frank
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