Re: Re: Cobol compiler date

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We have current source for that one load module. The rest of the COBOL 
compiler comes from the DLIBs on OS360/MFT. I don't think anyone has 
built any of the MFT compilers from source we have on hand.

It may be like IFOX in that the DLIBs were updated while the source 
became backleveled.

One of my future goals is to not include anything in TK that we don't 
have source for reproducing the shipped executables, but that has to 
wait for another TK version.
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Please don't confuse MFT with OS/360. MFT/MVT/PCP were system generation 
options for OS/360. The DLIB datasets were the same for all "flavors" of 
OS/360.

While the "source" code for OS/360 is (mostly) available, you are 
correct in saying that the updates to the source code may not have kept 
pace with the object code updates. But IFOXxx was never part of OS/360. 
It appeared with the first release of MVS. The OS/360 Assembler F was 
named IEUASMxx. If you can find IEV90xx, you'll have a version of 
Assembler H that usually worked with OS/360 code and was MUCH faster 
than IEUASM for system generation, expecially the Stage 1. Assembler G, 
from Waterloo was also a conciderable improvement over IEUASM (Assembler 
F) and ASMG is available from the CBTTAPE site.

Rick