Speeding up the 3B2...

[Glen Smith]

I read with interest the article about the COBOL problems on the 3b2.

Based on the testing we did here, I think that the real problem lies in the
fact that all the COBOL's available on the 3B series are interpretive; at 
least it was when we were looking for COBOL compilers.  These compilers 
actually take the source and generate some intermediate code that is then
interpreted by a resident runtime system.  

On the other hand, there are some very good COBOL compilers available for the 
IBM PC.  I assume the same quality is also available for the AT series.

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