I have been using COBOL 85 for a long time, including work with merging COBOL and Z80 assembly. However traditional COBOL doesn't support multi-user/shareable (ie can run concurrently from various terminals) concepts. Can anyone recommend a newer version of COBOL that will let me rewrite my existing code with minimal effort? Is there ...
I'm new to Fujitsu COBOL 3.0 software. I tried executing a simple program. The code and errors are as follows. Everything in program appears to be correct. Can anyone help me out? Any prestandards are to be followed in this software? The sample cobol program is: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. ShortestProgram. PROCEDURE DIV...
I m using Fujitsu COBOL 3.0. I know how to execute simple programs. i m facing difficulties in file related programs. what are the set up which need to be done in runtime environment setup window... I want to write a program which takes file1 and file2 as input ,compare them and put common records in an output file say file3. what set u...
Why does COBOL have both SECTION and PARAGRAPH? Can anybody explain why the designers of COBOL created both SECTIONs and PARAGRAPHs? These have been around since the initial release of COBOL so I suspect the real reason for their existence has long since gone away (similar to things like NEXT SENTENCE which are still in the language spe...
The input file have records as: 8712351,8712353,8712353,8712354,8712356,8712352,8712355 8712352,8712355 Using COBOL I need to remove duplicates from the above file and write to an output file. I wrote simple logic to read records and write to an output file. Where do I need to put the logic of removing duplicates (say ,8712353,8712352...
please give me the answer as fast as possible.... ...