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Indeed: mainframe COBOL programs often invoke transaction processing and data management facilities (using “EXEC CICS,” “EXEC DLI,” or “EXEC SQL” statements, fo
by wsh 6y ago
Indeed: mainframe COBOL programs often invoke transaction processing and data management facilities (using “EXEC CICS,” “EXEC DLI,” or “EXEC SQL” statements, for example) that aren’t part of the standardized COBOL language.
There are commercial software packages for re-hosting mainframe applications to other platforms. These typically provide not only COBOL and PL/I compilers but also functional equivalents of CICS, VSAM, JCL (JES2), and other mainframe system software.
- 7thaccount 6y agoThanks for the confirmation and the additional background information. So an open-source/free version of one of those "re-hosting" packages sounds like it would be useful for someone wanting to learn about cobol + mainframe development, but I can't imagine that ever happening (demand can't be too high) lol.