COBOL binary optimizer - Optimus.

[Pratik Kapoor]

We attended a presentation from an IBM representative, they mentioned about a new binary optimizer named as Optimus. It was said that at the moment it is for COBOL only but in the future will support C/C++ and PL/1.

According to the presentation, it basically scans an old module and creates a new one replacing the old instructions with new ones optimized for the architecture level of your machine. This all sounds very promising. It does not require you to recompile the programs. Here's a link to the webpage for the community:

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/comm ... yOptimizer.

[Anuj Dhawan]

Thanks for sharing the link. I have not used it but it sounds promising. Tough I have done a small research to read more details about but could not spend much time on it. There are tools like CA optimizer, I'm sure there must have been comparison between the two...