Announcing Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, V8.0.3 (IBM Rational community)

Announcing Rational Developer for Power Systems Software, V8.0.3

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Rational® Developer for Power Systems Software™ offers integrated development environments for the major development workloads on IBM® i, AIX®, and Linux™, including RPG, COBOL, DDS, CL, C/C++, Java™ on IBM i, Java, C/C++ on Linux, C/C++, COBOL, and Java on AIX. Version 8.0.3 enhancements include:

Support for GNU C/C++ compiler, including a parser, compile result integration and the ability to debug applications compiled using the GNU compiler
A new migration and porting assistance framework, and an initial set of rules for COBOL applications to AIX (with intent to deliver additional rule sets over time)
Improved support for disconnected development and synchronization of changes to AIX and Linux on Power® systems
A new editor for COBOL on AIX providing live syntax checking, customizable tabbing, range indicator for current paragraph and quick fix options for certain syntax annotations
Increased productivity for larger AIX and Linux on Power C/C++ development teams, by virtue of new shared application indices
Secure connections to IBM i development platforms
Usability improvements to the Screen Designer, Report Designer and Remote Systems LPEX (Live Parsing Extensible Editor) functions
A new fixed-term licensing option