Cobol

Passing an invalid date to INTEGER-OF-DATE
What happens in COBOL if you reference the INTEGER-OF-DATE function and specify an invalid date for the argument? The 1985 COBOL standard says that anything can happen ("the result of such a reference is undefined"). I would be interested to know the results for various compilers. The question came up during ... 25 May 2005 11:59

Cobol history question -- lawsuit against standards committee
In comp.lang.fortran , a reliable person recently wrote that Travellers Inc (the insurance company?) sued the Cobol standards committee, I think (based on the post) in the 1980s. Can anyone shed light on this? I am just wondering on what basis a standards committee could be sued. One can search "cobol fortran 200... 24 May 2005 15:32

MS COBOL 5.0
Hello All, Can anybody tel where can i still get a copy of ms cobol 5.0 thanks gys ... 9 Jun 2005 04:51

Need sanity check on return from EZASOKET call
I've got a simple TCP/IP app running on OS/390 (not sure of the compiler version details) that leverages EZASOKET calls to do it's work. Under some circumstances a READ will have a RETCODE of "000000000J" (according to a debug DISPLAY line I use to peek at this record.) RETCODE is a Pic S9(8) Binary. I read th... 16 May 2005 18:58

Should COBOL be lockedUP for good?...
Hello EveryOne, I am developing a softWare application for a multiUser operation in a netWork environment, the software should facilitate dataEntry functions, and provide capabilities for an information system as well. Also, the program has to handle concurrent Read-Write intensive requests, withOut any bottlene... 19 May 2005 21:14

JCL Builder or script HELP
Is there a tool or script (PERL, C#, or whatever) available that can extract only the JCL STEPs that generate reports, especially those using the Xerox DJDE format. In other words, I'm looking for a tool and/or the logic necessary to scan JCL text files, extract only the step(s) that print a report and rebuild a... 6 May 2005 05:18

cobol12
cobol12 is a newly available freeware compiler which is found at www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/jsoeberg/ Has anyone on this group any comment on this compiler. -- John Sampson ... 9 May 2005 11:15

NetExpress Cobol compiler
Where can I donwload direct the NetExpress Cobol compiler ? ... 23 Apr 2005 14:04

does MF Cobol have any string functions?
I'm looking for a substring function, or something similar, and about all I can find is 'unstring'. Apparently even the 'EXAMINE' statement is no longer supported. There must be a need for a string library (i.e., length, substring, trim, concatenate, etc.) in many business application, so it seems unbelievabl... 2 Mar 2005 20:02

COBOL FAQ
Archive-name: computer-lang/cobol-faq Posting-Frequency: twice a month Last-modified: 2004/10/27 Version: 3.03 URL: http://objectz.com/faqs/cobolfaq.htm Maintainer: wmklein(a)ix.netcom.com (William M Klein) COBOL FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) ... 2 Mar 2005 20:02