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Need more builtin functions in C/C++ compiler

In the XL C/C++ Programming Guide there are only a few General instructions like __pack and __unpack.In order for Metal C to be used for system software it would be better if these instructions were expanded so __asm would not have to be used as o...
about 6 years ago in C/C++ and Fortran Compilers / C/C++ 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V5/V6 - non-dependent codepage binary code

In our RFE 127911, we propose the generation of a platform-independent binary code, which can possibly be run on non-EBCDIC platforms. This assumes that strings of characters, possibly reduced to a single character, are also independent of the pla...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 2 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V5/V6 - ARCH(0) for non-dependent hardware

As stated in our RFE 110886, the choice of ARCH level during compilation can be problematic. An alternative would be to produce a binary code independent of any hardware (zSeries or others). In the 1980's, I developed Cobol programs on the NCR VRX...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

Enterprise Cobol V6 - No use of ED and EDMK HLASM instruction when OPTIMIZE level is not 0

We found that the Enterprise Cobol V6 did not use the ED and EDMK assembly instructions for formatting the edited numeric fields when the optimization level was not at 0 : OPTIMIZE(1|2).We deduced that these ED and EDMK instructions had an impact ...
about 6 years ago in COBOL Compilers 1 Not under consideration

SPI Audit retrofitted to CTS 4.2 environment.

Rrequesting the SPI Audit function be ported from CICS TS 5.1 to CICS TS 4.2. Without an auditing function for changes made though CICS explorer, we could not promote this product as a viable software solution to controlling our CICS environment. ...
over 12 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Explorer 2 Not under consideration

StandaloneHOD support when javaws becomes deprecated/removed.

This is a request to have the StandAloneHOD in PCOMM to continue to work after java web start is deprecated/removed.
about 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Not under consideration

ADCD Sample JCL / Procs for Compile/Link, Assembly, etc.

Provide a set of sample JCL and Procs associated with the ADCD z/OS version for use to Compile/Link programs Document libraries associated with installed subsystems (DB2, MQ, CICS, IMS, etc)
about 6 years ago in Z Development and Test Environment 1 Not under consideration

Ablity to display HLL/WB's annotation on analyze client UI

Analyze client can display HLL/WB's IPO programs with annotations that are collected by HLL/WB Data Collector.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

HLL/WB Data Collector

AD can import HLL/WB's IPO information into AD Catalog.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

HLL/WB preprocessor support

AD preprocessor support can manage HLL/WB IPO processing for both COBOL and PL/I.
about 6 years ago in Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence / Application Discovery 2 Not under consideration

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