Hmm-m-m. Interesting idea, but I can see complex language-dependent variable definition issues. Might be a real bear to implement in the compilers in any shared-code-among-languages way.
But again, "business" (profit) justification needed for IBM to devote the resources. Maybe if they bought back fewer of their own shares to prop up the share price they could afford a larger development staff . . . yeah, right, like that's gonna happen. Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 12:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: I see a need for general conversion of mappings was Re: C headers in z/OS 2.4 On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:49:10 -0300, Clark Morris wrote: >This is nice but when I was still doing system type coding I wanted a >tool that converts Assembler mappings to COBOL or PL1. If people >currently in the field would push for getting the BIT, >BINARY-Character, the true binary, IEEE binary and decimal floating >point usages that are in the current COBOL standard, then these >mappings would be even more valuable. One of the justifications for >making the effort is that COBOL should be able to access all data types >that can be stored in DB2. I write this as someone who has used COBOL >to get program and data set usage from SMF data. What if you could get the compilers to be able to process the Assembler DSECTs? Would that be a better approach? -- 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
