Changes in GC23-8527-01 (August 2009)

Compiler

• Added information about integrated Db2® coprocessor
• Updated information about migrating from XMLPARSE(COMPAT) to XMLPARSE(XMLSS), for example, changes in the handling of several XML events
• Updated information about the differences in parsing behavior when you compile using XMLPARSE(XMLSS)
• Added new reserved words
• Added new compiler options
• Added information to appendix on commonly asked questions and answers:
  • Information about COBOL program calls
  • Information about running existing COBOL applications with Java™ 5 or Java 6

Run time

• Updated information about region-wide defaults
• Updated information about TEST option
• Updated information about Language Environment® STORAGE(00) option

Information about CICS® has been corrected.

Miscellaneous maintenance and editorial changes have been made; for example, COBOL reserved word comparison and Compiler limit comparison have been updated.