On Wed, 2012-05-23 at 14:48 -0500, chaat wrote: > the reason I'm attempting to use this COBOL compiler is because i > write code for deployment on an IBM mainframe running Z/OS. I do not > use the IBM VISUAL AGE COBOL compiler to generate any executable > modules. > > I do most of my initial coding on my pc and then migrate the source > code to the mainframe for execution. For this reason, I use the IBM > VISUAL AGE COBOL compiler as it is almost an exact match to the IBM > ENTERPRISE COBOL compiler that we use on the mainframe. That way I can > minimize the number of compile errors on the mainframe as the syntax > checking is almost identical between the two compilers. > OK, thanks for the explanation. That makes perfect sense: all COBOL compilers are not equal thanks to the portability issues that result from the hardware and/or OS-specific extensions that every COBOL compiler seems to have. Martin
