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Micro Focus releases PL/I migration kit

Mike — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:01:39 +0000

Dating back to the 1960s, the idea behind PL/I was that it would provide a common programming language for business and scientific applications, allowing it to replace COBOL and FORTRAN. The language is largely, though not exclusively, associated with IBM mainframes.

While COBOL was commonly used to write commercial programs, some companies did adopt PL/I. The language is still offered by IBM, with support for z/OS®, VM, VSE/ESA, AIX, and Windows.

Micro Focus – perhaps best known for its COBOL compilers – has now released Micro Focus Server Enterprise Edition for PL/I to migrate IBM mainframe PL/I applications to Windows Server, Linux or Unix with minimal changes. The company claims a potential reduction in operating costs of up to 70%, without the risks involved in rewriting or replacing applications.

Agile is dead… as a term

Mike — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:00:10 +0000

Remember back when most developers worked with structured programming in languages like C, Fortran, Pascal, COBOL and PL/I? In our conversations and writing, many of us differentiated that new-fangled object-oriented programming and design stuff for years… And then, after a while, OOP languages and methodologies became standard. Read more on this at the SDTimes…

Free Online IBM Reference Manuals for Mainframe Cobol, Batch Processing, Online Processing, Tools, Editors, Utilities, Databases and Messages

Mike — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:00:10 +0000

Here’s a place to find free Online IBM Reference Manuals for Mainframe Cobol, Batch Processing, Online Processing, Tools, Editors, Utilities, Databases and Messages. I’m sure there are probably others, so feel free to leave comments.

IBM Mainframe Manuals for VS COBOL II, IBM COBOL, Enterprise COBOL, MVS JCL, OS/390 JCL, z/OS JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, DFSORT, ICETOOL, CLIST, REXX, PL/I, CICS/ESA, CICS/TS, DB2, DB2/UDB, IMS, SQL Codes, Abend Codes, ErrorCodes, System Messages, SOC errors, CICS Abends etc…

CLICK HERE to visit their website.

Cloud Compiling Brings Its Innovative Cloud Technologies to IBM’s Destination z Community

Mike — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:46:10 +0000

Cloud Compiling, the provider of seamless cloud computing solutions for System z, announced today that IBM invited the company to join IBM’s Destination z to provide its suite of virtual language compilers for COBOL, PL/1, Fortran and C/C++ to IBM’s System z customers worldwide. READ MORE

Yet Another ‘Next Generation’ Data Migration Tool?

Mike — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:12:44 +0000

New Micro Focus tools for moving mainframe data to Microsoft SQL Server and migrating PL/I applications

Staunchly holding onto its position in the enterprise application modernization market, Micro Focus has launched what it describes as a two new “next generation” mainframe migration tools. The company says that Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition (Studio EE) and Server Enterprise Edition (Server EE) v6.0 SP1 will deliver enhanced mainframe migration capabilities to companies looking to simplify their IT infrastructures.

Micro Focus Announces Next Generation of Mainframe Migration Tools

Mike — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:09 +0000

New Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition and Server Enterprise Edition releases enable users to move data to Microsoft SQL Server, migrate PL/I applications

ROCKVILLE, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Micro Focus® (LSE.MCRO.L), the leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, today announced the release of the newest versions of two mainframe migration tools. Micro Focus Studio Enterprise Edition (Studio EE) and Server Enterprise Edition (Server EE) v6.0 SP1 deliver enhanced mainframe migration capabilities to companies looking to simplify their IT infrastructures, reduce risk, lower IT costs and deliver more innovative products and services.

Mainframes are not legacy systems!

Mike — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:35:30 +0000

By Alan Zeichick

I’m a mainframe guy. Cut my teeth writing COBOL, PL/I and FORTRAN on the IBM System/370. CICS is my friend. Was playing with virtual machines long, long before there was anything called “DOS” or Windows” or “Linux.” My office closet is filled with punch cards and old nine-track tapes, all probably unreadable today. One of the happiest days of my professional life was trading in an old TeleVideo 925 monochrome terminal for a brand-new 3279 color display.

Real IT consulting with real people

Mike — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:02:37 +0000

A techie shares experiences from working at a university’s computer consulting office

Programming pranks
When I first started working in the consulting office, one of our regular clients was a staff member, a programmer who happened to be blind. He programmed in PL/1 and Cobol, which, as the old-timers will remember, could be quite verbose. He would show up with a hundred-page printout and ask for help in debugging it. I would read the printout and we would carry on a discussion of the logic and so on. He seemed to have his entire program memorized, because he of course could not read it, yet he knew every line of code. I was amazed.

If programming languages were like women…

Mike — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:31:19 +0000

There are so many programming languages available that it can be very difficult to get to know them all well enough to pick the right one for you. On the other hand most men know what kind of woman appeals to them. So here is a handy guide for many of the popular programming languages that describes what kind of women they would be if programming languages were women.

COBOL A plump secretary.

She talks far too much, and most of what she says can be ignored. She works hard and long hours, but can’t handle really complicated jobs. She has a short and unpredictable temper, so no one really likes working with her. She can cook meals for a huge family, but only knows bland recipes.

FOR MORE, CLICK HERE

IBM Strikes Back at Neon

Mike — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:09:57 +0000

… off the mainframe, is now selling it as a way of enabling businesses to shift their applications written in legacy code like COBOL and PL1 to Linux. …