Mainframe COBOL » code http://www.mainframecobol.info We know what COBOL stands for Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:50:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Long and Short of Modernization http://www.mainframecobol.info/2011/06/the-long-and-short-of-modernization/ http://www.mainframecobol.info/2011/06/the-long-and-short-of-modernization/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:36:21 +0000 Mike http://www.mainframecobol.info/?p=954 “You can’t do modern development with old tools. If you still have the old tools for writing RPG or COBOL code, you need to move forward. Move to modern compilers. Get to RPG IV, ILE COBOL and ILE CL.”

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]]> http://www.mainframecobol.info/2011/06/the-long-and-short-of-modernization/feed/ 0 IBM Enterprise CloneDR Helps Enterprises Transform Bloated COBOL into Clean, Tight, and Maintainable Code http://www.mainframecobol.info/2010/02/ibm-enterprise-clonedr-helps-enterprises-transform-bloated-cobol-into-clean-tight-and-maintainable-code/ http://www.mainframecobol.info/2010/02/ibm-enterprise-clonedr-helps-enterprises-transform-bloated-cobol-into-clean-tight-and-maintainable-code/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:01:10 +0000 Mike http://www.mainframecobol.info/?p=293 Large software systems typically contain 10-25% cloned code and Semantic Designs has seen as much as 58% redundancy in COBOL software. Gartner estimates over 200 billion lines of COBOL code in use today. Given a typical yearly software maintenance costs of one dollar per line of code the value of tightening working software is dramatic for virtually any COBOL system. READ MORE

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