Re: Java Batch

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> Pakku  <pakku@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>On May 2, 1:40 pm, docdw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> In article 
>>> <8f50322e-2160-4e05-89e1-fb383ab4c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Pakku  <pa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> >I've spent much of this morning looking for some comparison between
>>> >the performance of Java and COBOL for batch programming on z/OS.
>>>
>>> Other people have been looking for data about this, in order to help 
>>> very
>>> large cor****ations make/save very large amounts of money, for a good, 
>>> long
>>> time.
>>>
>>> >I
>>> >haven't found any useful information and am hoping I might find some
>>> >here.
>>>
>>> Nothing here but text and words... put together a good PowerPoint
>>> presentation and you'll get the contract.
>>
>>No contract involved, I am afraid.  Just a humble grunt who shot off
>>his mouth in a meeting that Java batch programs/processes are sucky on
>>MVS and now trying to find something to back me up!
>
> Hmmmm... aside from the caution of 'make sure that brain is engaged
before
> putting mouth in gear'... how about something like 'I spent twenty whole
> minutes (or an equivalently impressive amount of time) searching the Web
> and found *nothing* that would indicate any kind of superiority'?
>
>>
>>While I am all for SOA and WebServices and real-time, I just don't get
>>how we will send out bills to 200K clients each month in any fa****on
>>other than a batch process that runs at month-end.
>
> You might want to speak with Mr Dashwood about that... maybe *he* will
get
> the contract.

Sorry, I'm already very busy at the moment...:-)

However, it may be that the OP's fears about Java sucking at batch are not

entirely justified.

There seems to be some very pertinent comment here: 
http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/20791

>
>>And to rewrite
>>existing program from Cobol in Java just because some policy-wonk
>>mandated that we will be an all-Java shop in 5 years...

If becoming an all Java shop saves millions of dollars overall, you can't 
blame them for doing it. Of course, I have no trouble seeing the Big 
Picture...:-)
>
Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."