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IBM Personal Computer COBOL Compiler (6024011)

Item number:          6024011

Announcement date:    1982-04-05
Availability date:    1982-04
Announcement letter:  282-050  IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ENHANCED


From the announcement:

.  IBM Personal Computer COBOL Compiler: A COBOL compiler that
   conforms with the ANS1 1974-level standard. Programs may be
   written using the DOS text editor, compiled, and then run as
   interpretive object files.

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IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER COBOL COMPILER (6024011)
       With the COBOL compiler, programs may be written in ANSI
standard COBOL.  These programs are then compiled to an interpretive
object code for execution on the IBM Personal Computer.
       Highlights
       The COBOL compiler for the Personal Computer is designed
according to the specifications for Amercian National Standard (ANS)
Programming Language COBOL (X3.23-1974) as understood and interpreted
by IBM as of February 1982. American National Standard COBOL is
compatible with, and identical to, ISO 1989-1978 standard of the
International Organization for Standardization.
       The following functional modules are supported:
.  1 NUC 1, 2 (Nucleus)
.  1 TBL 1, 2 (Table-handling)
.  1 SEQ 1, 2 (Sequential I-O) except RERUN
.  1 REL 0, 2 (Relative I-O) except RERUN
.  1 INX 0, 2 (Segmentation)
.  1 LIB 0, 2 (Library)
.  1 IPC 0, 2 (Inter-program Communication)
       Additional features
       From ANS Level 2 Nucleus:
.  Level 88 conditions
.  AND, OR, NOT conditions
.  Nested IF statements
.  STRING and UNSTRING
.  PERFORM VARYING....UNTIL
From ANS Level 2 Table-Handling:
.  SEARCH ALL statement
From ANS Level 1 Debug (DEB 0,2)

.  SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph WITH DEBUGGING MODE clause
       Other IBM Personal Computer COBOL features
.  Object modules may be linked with modules produced by the IBM
   Personal Computer Macro Assembler
.  ACCEPT and DISPLAY extensions for formatted screen handling
.  CHAIN to other programs
       Installation/operation
       Each COBOL program must be created as a source (text) file
using a text editor such as the EDLIN utility program that is
packaged with the IBM Personal Computer DOS on the DOS Diskette.  The
COBOL Compiler is then used to compile the program, producing an
object file in relocatable format.  Finally, the Linker program is
used to convert the relocatable file into one ready for loading and
execution using the COBOL run-time library.
       Packaging
       The COBOL Compiler is resident on two diskettes packaged with
the IBM Personal Computer COBOL Reference Manual.
       Publications
.  IBM Personal Computer COBOL reference manual.
       Since the IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System (DOS) is
used during the program entry, compilation, linking, and execution
phases, the DOS reference manual is required.
       Prerequisites
       A minimum 64KB, two-diskette-drive system is required to
compile a COBOL program, although the program itself may be
executable on a smaller system. The IBM Personal Computer DOS
Diskette provides the necessary I/O routines and the text editor
(EDLIN). While both the IBM Monochrome Display and the Color/Graphics
Monitor Adapter (40- or 80-column formats) are supported, 80 columns
are recommended for displaying compiler messages and listings. The
IBM 80 CPS Matrix Printer is recommended.
       Customer responsibilities
       The customer is responsible for producing backup copies of the
original compiler diskettes. Since the reference manual does not
provide a tutorial on the language, the user should have some prior
knowledge of COBOL. Programs may be written on standard COBOL coding
forms.
       The COBOL run-time library contains proprietary code. A
distribution agreement between the customer and IBM is required
before application programs can be distributed to others. For
additional information, see the COBOL Reference Manual, or write to
IBM, PO Box 1328-P, Boca Raton, Florida 33432.


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