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COBOL V6.1 Was Announced! What's New?

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Abstract

The Enterprise COBOL V6.1 compiler was announced in February and shipped in March of 2016. This is a presentation given at SHARE in March 2016 that describes what has changed in this new compiler.

Content

IBM just announced Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, V6.1! This new version continues the evolution of COBOL compilers, with migration improvements and both new and improved features. Come and hear all about it! Some of the topics to be covered:

  • Increased compiler capacity
  • JSON GENERATE statement
  • New features added from the ISO 2002 COBOL Standard
  • New and enhanced compiler options for ease of migration and programmer productivity
  • Runtime and product-related enhancements

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Modified date:
08 August 2018

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