I see, it is a valid alternative.
What do you think about the .NET and JVM Cobol compilers?
They seem to be a way to move that code into new systems with no rewrites as well.
What do you think about the .NET and JVM Cobol compilers?
They seem to be a way to move that code into new systems with no rewrites as well.
But for the generic case, the mainframe is quite an integrated system, and big clients tend to use a lot of the features at the same time. Even if you can produce an executable or a library, but you ll still need a transaction manager (CICS/IMS-TM), a database (DB2/IMS), MQ, RACF, Datasets, GDG, REXX/JCL, etc. You need the whole ecosystem. And all the binaries will expect a DB2, or a MQ listening on the other side, with near-perfect emulation (return codes, db behaviour such as EBCDIC sorting, etc). Just compiling wont help you much unless you have a very basic use of mostly JCL and batches.