IBM COBOL/2

IBM COBOL/2 was a COBOL development environment for DOS and OS/2. Its parts were licenced from British company Micro Focus, so that in fact Micro Focus, IBM and Microsoft were shipping the same compiler engine.


 * Program number: 5604-066
 * Part numbers: 95X3071, 79H5502 (DUA)
 * Withdrawal from Marketing: 16 Mar 1998

Features
Language variants supported by IBM COBOL/2:
 * subset of IBM VS COBOL II release 2 syntax
 * subset of IBM OS/VS COBOL release 2.4 syntax
 * IBM PC COBOL Version 1.0 and IBM COBOL Version 2.0 syntax (with minor restrictions)
 * MicroFocus extensions for the IBM PC

Provided tools:
 * Library Manager - for creation and maintenance of object libraries
 * SORT/MERGE module
 * Linker - linkage editor with support for DOS and OS/2
 * ANIMATOR - source line debug facilities

Documentation:
 * IBM COBOL/2 Volume 1: Compile, Link and Run Manual / Fundamentals Manual
 * IBM COBOL/2 Volume 2: Language Reference Manual

Version

 * Jan 1988: IBM COBOL/2 Version 1.00

Author

 * Micro Focus
 * IBM

Publications

 * Robert Sales: COBOL/2: The next generation in applications programming - IBM Systems Journal (Volume 27, Issue 2, 1988)

Links

 * ZP87-4037 (1987-04-02) IBM COBOL/2
 * ZP87-4131 (1987-11-03) IBM COBOL/2 (Availability)
 * ZP88-0103 (1988-01-15) IBM 4680 Support for COBOL