Re: COBOL support in RDi?

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

Never even thought about the mainframe version.  It seems to me that 95%
(or some other high random number I pulled out of my hat) of the work must
already be done.

I agree with your suggested course of action, but I have no idea how to
compare the COBOL features between RDi and RDz(?).  Ideas?

- Dan

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well the Outline view is a lot less useless than it used to be <grin>
>
> Difficult to tell how much IBM will up the level of COBOL support. There
> are a much smaller number of COBOL developers than RPG and, in my
> experience, they tend to be even more stick-in-the-mud about using “modern”
> tools than RPGers.
>
> You can always open RFEs of course. But as far as what to request, your
> best bet is to find out exactly what features the mainframe (Z) version of
> Rational Developer has in its Outline view that RDi doesn’t have and ask
> for those. You have a reasonable chance of getting those.
>
> Jon Paris