VS Cobol II for Cobol Programmers
Published on 16. January 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-471-62226-0 (ISBN)
Description
This guide to VS Cobol II, the latest mainframe Cobol compiler from IBM, covers changes and improvements to the Cobol language itself, as well as new compiler features and debugging tools. The author discusses the differences between VS Cobol II and OS/VS Cobol and older versions of Cobol, including operation of the compiler and of object programs. The book incorporates structured programming concepts, short programming exercises, COBTEST, and conversion of existing programs to VS Cobol II.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 55 mm
Width: 34 mm
Weight
397 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-62226-0 (9780471622260)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The new COBOL language - structured programming concepts; perform statement enhancements; nesting conditional statements; the evaluate statement; defining and manipulating data; miscellaneous new language features; subprograms and sharing data; nested programs; CICs; what's missing?; debugging - improved compiler listings; the formatted dump (Fdump); the debug tool (cobtest); other features and changes: XA support: running above the line; the sort interface; compiler options; converting existing programs.