Early in the conversion effort, ensure that your application programmers are familiar with the features of Enterprise PL/I and the relationship and interdependencies between Enterprise PL/I, Language Environment, and Debug Tool and any other application productivity tools your shop uses.
In addition, your programmers will need to be familiar with Language Environment run-time options, condition handling and callable services.
Choosing the right compiler options for your environment is a critical task. The options you choose can vary widely depending on whether you are looking for optimum performance or maximum compatibility with previous versions of PL/I. For more information on choosing compiler options see Understanding the new compiler's options.
For information on Enterprise PL/I and Language Environment education available through IBM, you can call 1-800-IBM-TEACH. You can also get information directly from Language Environment publications or technical conferences such as SHARE, or the IBM Technical Interchange.
After your programmers are familiar with Enterprise PL/I features, they can assist you in taking the inventory of programs as described in Take an inventory of your applications.