IBM COBOL/2: Difference between revisions
Created page with "'''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 Micr..." |
|||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* | * IBM COBOL/2 Volume 1: Compile, Link and Run Manual / Fundamentals Manual | ||
* IBM COBOL/2 Volume 2: Language Reference Manual | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 12 February 2016
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
Description
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
Version
- Jan 1988: IBM COBOL/2 Version 1.00
Author
Publications
- IBM COBOL/2 Volume 1: Compile, Link and Run Manual / Fundamentals Manual
- IBM COBOL/2 Volume 2: Language Reference Manual