The following COBOL example for an IBM 370 mainframe converts a Fahrenheit number to Celsius. This example performs the operation on the operator's terminal. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. program-ID. example. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. configuration section. SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-370. OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-370....
P.S. - COBOL compiler is Enterprise COBOL V6.4. From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Farley, Peter Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2023 6:46 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Questions about COBOL debugging lines in subroutines I have a little...
> COBOL subroutines compiled in the same input file as the main program. > Sample output and code are pasted below. > > The execution JCL for this sample program includes a CEEOPTS DD with the LE > "DEBUG" option set so debugging lines SHOULD display on SYSOUT. In my > little test, ...
(redirected fromCOBOL Workbench) Micro Focus (Micro Focus International Ltd., Rockville, MD, Newbury, England, www.microfocus.com) Founded in the U.K. in 1976, the company became known for its COBOL programming tools that enabled both developing on client/server platforms for the mainframe and...
When I was in college, I took a Cobol course. It seemed like a good idea because Y2K was coming. There was tons of media buzz about all of the jobs there would be to fix the broken mainframe code. It certainly wasn’t the worst decision of my life. ...
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Paradoxically, it was the fact that newer languages were emerging — such as Fortran & Co. — that cemented the legacy of COBOL. The business-computer-language was proclaimed dead in the eighties, and the trend went so fast that new programmers didn’t even bother learning it. And so, w...
and others — has made it her mission to help small businesses manage technology and digital security. She cut her teeth on Basic in high school and then progressed (or regressed) to COBOL in college. But then the PC revolution kicked in, and she’s been wrangling personal computers ever ...
After graduating from New York University in 1975 with minors in both computer science and mathematics, I spent over 20 years working in an IBM mainframe (MVS) environment. Initially, I was a programmer, developing applications in COBOL, Assembly Language, VSAM, CICS and the ever-present batch...
Most applications in CICS are written in COBOL, although it supports other languages such as PL/1. OLTP systems provide accurate, up-to-date information within seconds, from terminals that give direct access to data held as either files or databases. CICS provides a company with numerous ...