DocumentCode
1332397
Title
Cobol for the next millennium
Author
Schricker, Don
Author_Institution
Merant, Boxford, MA, USA
Volume
17
Issue
2
fYear
2000
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
52
Abstract
Cobol 2002, the new Cobol standard, is expected to be finalized in approximately 18 months. Cobol 2002 builds on Cobol´s first-class data handling capabilities and introduces object oriented features, environmental improvements, and many other modern constructs to the language. The improvements position Cobol as both a business and general-purpose programming language, capable of handling a wide variety of programming tasks
Keywords
COBOL; business data processing; data handling; object-oriented languages; software standards; Cobol 2002; Cobol standard; business programming language; data handling capabilities; environmental improvements; general-purpose programming language; modern constructs; object oriented features; programming tasks; ANSI standards; Arithmetic; Boolean functions; Computer languages; Data systems; Displays; ISO standards; Programming profession; Runtime; Standards organizations;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.841606
Filename
841606
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