Translator support for high-level languages

CICS® translator support for pre-Language Environment compilers is withdrawn. These are:

CICS now supports only the Language Environment-conforming compilers for application program development. For details of the supported compilers, see the CICS Transaction Server for z/OS® Release Guide.

The following JCL procedures that are supplied in earlier releases for translating, compiling, and link-editing using the unsupported compilers are also withdrawn:

COBOL
The DFHEITVL, DFHEXTVL, DFHEBTVL, DFHEITCL, and DFHEXTCL procedures.
PL/I
The DFHEITPL, DFHEXTPL, and DFHEBTPL procedures.
C
The DFHEITDL and DFHEXTDL procedures.

CICS now supplies the following procedures only, for use with Language Environment-conforming compilers:

Language CICS-online EXCI Integrated translator
C DFHYITDL DFHYXTDL Start of change
DFHZITDL
(without XPLINK)
DFHZITFL
(with XPLINK)
End of change
C++ DFHYITEL DFHYXTEL Start of change
DFHZITEL
(without XPLINK)
DFHZITGL
(with XPLINK)
End of change
COBOL DFHYITVL DFHYXTVL DFHZITCL
PL/I DFHYITPL DFHYXTPL DFHZITPL

The following CICS translator options, which all relate to the unsupported compilers, are obsolete:

The CICS translators ignore these and issue a return code 4 warning message.

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