Your AIX workstation has a different hardware and operating-system architecture than IBM mainframes or Windows-based workstations. Because of these differences, some problems can arise as you move COBOL programs between these environments.
The related tasks and reference below describe some of the differences between development platforms, and provide instructions to help you minimize portability problems.
related tasks
Getting mainframe applications to compile
Getting mainframe applications to run: overview
Writing code to run on the mainframe
Writing applications that are portable between AIX and Windows
related references
Summary of differences from host COBOL