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abracadabra · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject: COBOL Compiler

Hi,

The COBOL compiler which my application uses in COBOL2. I am planning to recompile all programs in Enterprise COBOL but need to convince the client of its advantages. I read somewhere that Enterprise COBOL provides set of intrinsic functions including string handling, financial capabilities, statistical functions, and mathematical formulas. Are these not possible in COBOL2?

Moreover Enterprise COBOL supports Java
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dneufarth · Beginner Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 11 Topics: 0

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IGY3MG00/CCONTENTS?DT=20020109123519

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kolusu · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:18 pm Post subject:

Abracadbra,

Yes Enterprise COBOL offers all the features you mentioned and much more like supporting XML.

However you cannot really compare Java and CICS. In terms of performance a typical instruction pathlength for a typical COBOL-CICS transaction, which we think of as around 1M instructions, to be increased by a factor of 2 or 3 by rewriting it in Java. Java, or indeed any object oriented language, will always carry a significant overhead compared with COBOL.

abracadabra · Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks a lot for the replies and links.

Kolusu, I agree that CICS and JAVA cannot really be compared. However, we can have a business user interface on CICS and a web based interface written in JAVA for the customers. This I believe is possible.
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