Language Environment (LE) is a common execution environment for:
COBOL
PL/I
C/C++
FORTRAN (compatibility mode)
The current COBOL, PL/I and C/C++ compiler products, as well as
some OS/390 components such as TCP/IP and
OpenEdition, require this run-time environment. Interfaces
are provided to support LE-conforming routines written in
assembler language.
LE provides
basic services for initialization and termination, as well as
condition handling and error recovery.
common services used by all high level languages, including
routines which can be used directly by an application developer.