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== Citation == [[Government Accountability Office]], '''Improving COBOL Application Can Recover Significant Computer Resources''' (AFMD-82-4; B-206179) (Apr. 1, 1982) ([http://www.gao.gov/assets/140/137000.pdf full-text]). == Overview == The [[GAO]] examined: (1) the management implications and economics of reducing the machine resources consumed by [[Common Business Oriented Language]] ([[COBOL]]) [[application]]s in the Federal Government; and (2) the applicability of these findings to different brands of [[computer]]s. The [[GAO]] found that Federal use of [[computer]]s is extensive, with [[COBOL]] being the most widely used [[computer language]]. Significant benefits have been achieved at some Federal installations by modifying [[COBOL]] [[application]]s to reduce the machine resources consumed. Work can be done to reduce the machine costs of [[COBOL]] [[application]]s on any brand of [[computer]] using [[COBOL]]. Despite the potential for improvement, some installations have done little or nothing to examine the machine resource consumption of their [[COBOL]] [[application]]s. Officials indicated that many [[programmer]]s are ignorant of techniques, receive little formal training, and have little concern for machine costs. Measurement and [[verification]] of benefits can be seen in terms of reduced machine resources and expressed in dollar equivalents. A systematic approach will help efforts to improve [[COBOL]] [[application]]s. [[Automated]] tools can be used to reduce the labor costs involved in reducing [[COBOL]] machine costs. Other considerations besides machine costs are important in [[software management]] and should not be sacrificed. Efforts to reduce machine resource consumption must offset labor and machine costs to be cost effective. Agencies with Government-wide [[data processing]] responsibilities should publish guides for reducing machine resources consumed by [[COBOL]], and efforts are needed to raise concern with [[application]] costs and to raise [[programmer]] efficiency. The potential benefits of reducing consumption by [[COBOL]] [[application]]s are large. [[Category:Publication]] [[Category:Software]] [[Category:1982]]
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