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Ch 1. Introduction [ HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual ] MPE/iX 5.0 Documentation

HP COBOL II/XL Reference Manual

Chapter 1  Introduction 

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) is the most widely used
programming language for commercial applications.  Hewlett-Packard's
COBOL II is based on ANSI COBOL as specified in the American[REV BEG]
National Standard Programming Language COBOL (ANSI X3.23a-1989).  It[REV
END] offers the following important features: 

       [REV BEG]

   *   Compatibility with American National Standards Institute
       (ANSI)[REV END] COBOL at the highest level of all the required
       COBOL modules.  The optional Report Writer and Communication
       modules are not supported.  See "ANSI Standard Compliance" later
       in this chapter.

   *   Communication with programs written in other languages, including
       RPG, FORTRAN, SPL, C, and Pascal.

   *   Communication with other operating subsystems through intrinsic
       calls, including data management (TurboIMAGE), screen management
       (VPLUS), graphics (DSG), and program development tools
       (HPToolset/Dictionary).

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