Transformations to Restructure and Re–engineer COBOL Programs

Authors:
Terence J. Harmer;Patrick J. McParland;James M. Boyle
Affiliations:
School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Ulster, Belfast BT37 0QB, United Kingdom. E-mail: t.harmer@ulst.ac.uk;School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Ulster, Belfast BT37 0QB, United Kingdom. E-mail: t.harmer@ulst.ac.uk;Technology Development Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne IL 60439, USA. E-mail: boyle@td.anl.gov
Venue:
Automated Software Engineering
Year:
1998

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Abstract

In this paper we describe a COBOL-program restructuring tool currently under development. The tool is constructedusing program transformations executed by the TAMPR program transformationsystem. We discuss the COBOL knowledge embodied in the transformationsand how they restructure an example COBOL program developed in themid–1970s. While the tool is not yet a robust commercial product,early use for restructuring COBOL programs demonstrates the power andflexibility of this transformation–based approach.