Single code set applications executing in a multiple platform system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9027005-B2
Application number	US-201414297694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2014
Priority date	May 11, 2009
Publication date	May 5, 2015
Grant date	May 5, 2015

Abstract

Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that allows an application comprising a single code set under the COBOL Programming Language to execute in multiple platforms on the same multi-platform system (such as a mainframe). In one embodiment, a single code set is pre-compiled to determine specific portions of the code set compatible with the host (or prospective) platform. Once the code set has been pre-compiled to determine compatible portions, those portions may be compiled and executed in the host platform. According to these embodiments, an application may be executed from a single code set that is compatible with multiple platforms, thereby potentially reducing the complexity of developing the application for multiple platforms.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining a set of computer instructions associated with a software application;
identifying, by a computing platform on which the set of computer instructions are to be executed, portions of the computer instructions that are each immediately preceded by a respective platform-specific, platform verification subroutine;
before compiling the set of computer instructions, invoking, by the computing platform on whic…

Assignees

• Accenture Global Services Ltd

Inventors

• Neft Mark

Classifications

• G06F2009/4557

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F2206/1012

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F8/41

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F11/203

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F9/5055

  Physics · mapped topic