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;
