Microsoft COBOL

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 1988

First version with OS/2 support

Limited support for IBM's DB/2

• 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

* Microsoft COBOL v4.51 1991

Last known version with OS/2 support.

Bugfix release

Requirements

• OS/2 1.1 or higher
• DOS 3.0 or higher

License

• Discontinued Software

Author

• Microsoft