Make COBOL "do it your way" with compiler options. (improving arithmetic and addressability efficiency) (Technology Information)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  October, 1997  by Carmandi, Olivia R.; Kirk, David Shelby

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IBM offers several compiler options that can make programs run more efficiently and faster and save companies the cost of having to pay for software upgrades. Many benefits of COBOL applications are lost when the wrong complier options are used. The most often used COBOL option are those coded at compile time.

Next are those coded at run time, followed by those coded at CICS precompile time. Normally complementary options that are available from the Linkage Editor/Binder should be avoided. Shops with older COBOL programs often face challenges in making the programs work well with others as ...

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