C28-6516-2_IBM_OS360_COBOL_Language_Dec64.pdf | | File No. 8360-24
Form C28-6Sl6-2
Systems Reference Library
i IBJvI Operating System/360
COBOL Language
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) is similar to English. It
was developed by the Conference of Data Systems Languages {CODASY~.
COBOL provides a convenient method of coding programs to handle
commercial data processing problems.
This publication describes COBOL as implemented for the IBM Operating
System/360.
Two COBOL compilers are implemented for Operating System/360, called
COBOL E and COBOL F. Differences between the features implemented by
the two compilers are ,discussed in the preface. IBM extensions to COBOL
are also discussed in the preface.
This publication discusses the four divisions of a COBOL program and
describes the following special features of System/360 COBOL:
1. Report Writer Featur |