Microsoft COBOL: Difference between revisions

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Description

A COBOL-85 compiler for 16 bit OS/2 and DOS introduced in 1988 as version 4 and with some limited Windows 3 support in version 4.5 introduced in 1990. In addition to adhering to the COBOL-85 standard the compiler comes with some support for IBM's DB/2 in version 4 and ANSI 85 definition, X/Open XPG3 COBOL definition, COMP-1 32 and 64 bit floating point extensions as in IBM OSVS COBOL and IBM VS COBOL II in version 4.5.

Versions

* Microsoft COBOL v4.51 1991

Last known version with OS/2 support.

Bugfix release

Microsoft COBOL v4.5 1990

Conforms to the ANSI 85 and the X/Open XPG3 COBOL specifications

Supports COMP-1 32 and 64 bit floating point extensions as in IBM OSVS COBOL and IBM VS COBOL II.

Adds limited Windows 3 support

Table Sort added.

Enhanced IBM DB/2 support.

Microsoft COBOL v4 1989

First version with OS/2 support

Limited support for IBM's DB/2

1988: COBOL 3.0
1987: COBOL 2.2
1985: COBOL 2.0
1984: COBOL 1.1

Requirements

OS/2 1.1 or higher
DOS 3.0 or higher

License

Discontinued Software

Author

Microsoft

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 ==Versions==
-*Microsoft COBOL v4 1988
+'''* Microsoft COBOL v4.51''' 1991
-: First version with OS/2 support
+:Last known version with OS/2 support.
-: Limited support for IBM's [[DB2|DB/2]]
+:Bugfix release
 *Microsoft COBOL v4.5 1990
 : Conforms to the ANSI 85 and the X/Open XPG3 COBOL specifications
@@ Line 16: / Line 15: @@
 : Table Sort added.
 : Enhanced IBM DB/2 support.
+*Microsoft COBOL v4 1989
+: First version with OS/2 support
+: Limited support for IBM's [[DB2|DB/2]]
-'''* Microsoft COBOL v4.51''' 1991
+* 1988: COBOL 3.0
-:Last known version with OS/2 support.
+* 1987: COBOL 2.2
-:Bugfix release
+* 1985: COBOL 2.0
+* 1984: COBOL 1.1
 ==Requirements==
 * OS/2 1.1 or higher