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The purpose of the Languages Program is to provide information, influence direction and consolidate feedback on the application level of computing. It is at this level that the traditional language systems and the new technology of the Internet meet. It is a joining of the business processes of computing and the presentation of the completed product. The Projects of this Program function interactively with other Programs to produce business focused, technologically balanced solutions. It is the ultimate goal of this Program to assist our client community in maintaining currency, easing migration and influencing the future in the application tools arena. All of the officers within the APLS Program are volunteers, donating their time and energy to make the organization a success. We need YOU to help make SHARE an even better and more valuable experience! If you'd like to contribute, please attend a Sunday working session or Monday opening session for any of the projects listed below.
Projects within this Program include: Assembler Language Java and Eclipse++ Language Environment, COBOL, PL/I, C/C++ Rexx The primary mission of the Assembler Language Project is to provide SHARE members information about assembler language as it is used in MVS and VM. An important aspect of this focus is the offering of basic and advanced tutorial sessions, as well as technical sessions for more expert assembler programmers. Topic areas include, but are not limited to architecture, instructions, assembler programming techniques, and improvements in the High Level Assembler. The Project also focuses on topics which are not integral to the assembler but which have either an important connection to it or are most easily understood in that language. Examples of these are program management (specifically the Binder), linkage conventions, debuggers and debugging techniques, program development environments, interfaces to High Level Languages, and the relationship of the assembler to HLLs. The Project also communicates to IBM the Requirements of SHARE members for improvements and enhancements to the assembler. The Language Environment, COBOL, PL/I, C/C++ Project encourages discussion and critical thinking about the roles and capabilities of the languages that are supported by the common run-time environment, Language Environment (LE). Since LE is now integrated into the OS/390 and z/OS platforms, the Project also addresses issues related to LE as an operating system component. From a language perspective, although this project concentrates on COBOL, PL/I and C/C++ issues and how they work with LE, Because LE also supports FORTRAN and Assembler, the Project encourages the sharing of user experiences and IBM knowledge concerning LE migration issues for all LE-based languages. This includes Language Environment, language and migration related tools, plus general problems and solutions that participants are using at their own shops. General education is also provided in the areas of problem analysis, and new features and functions in COBOL, PL/I, C/C++ and Language Environment for |