[vcf-midatlantic] IBM brings COBOL to Linux

[Jeffrey Brace]

Wow! Very cool. Thanks for sharing Christian!

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Jeff Brace





On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 8:17 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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> https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/872/ENUSAP21-0019/index.html&request_locale=en
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> IBM® COBOL for Linux® on x86 1.1 brings IBM's COBOL compilation
> technologies and capabilities to the Linux on x86 environment.
>
> COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 includes the following features and
> capabilities:
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> IBM COBOL optimizing compiler and runtime library for the Linux on x86
> environment
> Interoperability with IBM TXSeries® for Multiplatforms
> Interoperability with IBM Db2® for Linux, UNIX®, and Windows™
> Unicode support to enable COBOL applications to directly process Unicode
> data
> Native support for XML, which enables COBOL applications to parse
> incoming and generate outgoing XML messages
> Compatibility with IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS® and IBM COBOL for AIX®
> Source conversion utility (scu) to aid in migrating COBOL source code
> developed with non-IBM COBOL compilers
>
> COBOL for Linux on x86 1.1 is the latest addition to the IBM COBOL
> compiler family, which includes Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and COBOL
> for AIX. COBOL for Linux on x86 is a productive and powerful
> development environment for building and modernizing COBOL
> applications. It includes an optimizing COBOL compiler and a COBOL
> runtime library. COBOL for Linux on x86 is based on the same advanced
> optimization technology as Enterprise COBOL for z/OS. It offers both
> performance and programming capabilities for developing business
> critical COBOL applications for Linux on x86 systems. COBOL for Linux
> on x86 is designed to support clients on their journey to the cloud.
> It enables clients to strategically deploy business-critical
> applications written in COBOL to a hybrid cloud environment or
> best-fit platforms, which includes IBM Z® (z/OS), IBM Power® Systems
> (AIX), and x86 (Linux) platforms.
>
> COBOL for Linux on x86 supports the integrated CICS® translator to
> handle native COBOL and embedded CICS statements in a CICS COBOL
> application. It enables COBOL batch applications to access VSAM
> emulated files stored in Db2 and CICS TX SFS. COBOL for Linux on x86
> in conjunction with IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms are compatible
> with IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS and IBM CICS Transaction Server for
> z/OS. Minimal customization effort and delivery time are required for
> strategically deploying COBOL/CICS applications developed for z/OS to
> Linux on x86 and cloud environments. This solution also provides
> organizations with the flexibility to move workloads back to IBM Z
> should performance and throughput requirements increase, or to share
> business logic and data with CICS Transaction Server for z/OS.
>
> In addition, COBOL for Linux on x86 is also shipped as part of IBM
> CICS TX on Cloud 11, enabling users to create, maintain, and deploy
> mission-critical line-of-business CICS COBOL applications on a cloud
> environment.
>