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  3. February 2004

RE: How to update COBOL outline

 >> Is there an equivalent for COBOL? Can the source type be changed, and
you're done, as you can do with RPG36 - or is it RPG38?

No conversion needed.  The COBOL level supported by ILE COBOL is a superset
of COBOL/400.  Most programs can simply have the type changed - then
recompile and go.  The design point for the compiler was that if the
generated code would not produce identical results to those that COBOL/400
would produce, then it should fail the compile.  I have not personally seen
any cases where this didn't hold true.

The only real issue tends to be that it can be problematic to try to simply
convert one program at a time as you can with RPG.  COBOL works best (and
was designed to work this way) when you convert the whole program suite in
one go.

Jon Paris
Partner400
www.Partner400.com

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