Over the past year, thin-client computing has taken center stage in the world of information systems technology. Despite predictions to the contrary, thin-client computing technology is not in trouble today: All indications point to server-based network architectures remaining a hot IT trend.
Language Environment Callable Services can enable a COBOL program to perform tasks that are otherwise outside the scope of the language, such as dynamically acquire and free storage, determining whether a date is valid, generating a snap dump, and more.