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Workspace COBOL Compilers
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 26, 2013

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AMODE(24) support in COBOL V5 Compiler

Our Shop requires that COBOL V5 compiler can support Statically linked calls to AMODE(24) programs. This is essential as we have several thousand programs that are link edited as AMODE(24) and are statically linked into COBOL Modules.

Please refer to SR 33150 for further details. Ka Yin Lam is familiar with this issue and can elaborate further on this.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - COBOL Compilers

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - COBOL Compilers

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 24, 2014

    This feature has been implemented in Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V5.1.1.
    More info can be found via the following link:
    http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21667752

  • Guest
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    |     Dec 7, 2013

    I've looked for information about that point I mentioned: in the year 2003 I talked to a group of people that IBM has - inofficially - stated not to support 24 bit "soon". (More than) 10 years are long enough to go to 31bit!!

  • Guest
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    |     Aug 27, 2013

    I don't understand that RFE. Many years ago IBM stated that the COBOL-Compiler will _not_ support AMODE(24) when working on/with 64 bit. All companies had enough time to prepare! We want to have a modern compiler not one which supports very very old stuff.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 24, 2013

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 24, 2013

    This RFE's Headline was changed after submission to reflect the headline of an internal request we were already considering, but will now track here.

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