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
- 1.00 (Jan 1988)
- 1.02
Publications
- Robert Sales: COBOL/2: The next generation in applications programming - IBM Systems Journal (Volume 27, Issue 2, 1988)