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Micro Focus COBOL for UNIX COBOL User Guide

Chapter 3  Writing Programs 

The information in this chapter is designed to help you produce programs
that run as efficiently as possible.  It includes information on the
following topics:

   *   producing fast, compact code

   *   implementation of floating-point

   *   handling large programs

   *   calling subprograms

   *   recursion

This chapter contains guidance on programming techniques which will help
you to develop efficient applications.  The information in this chapter
only applies to programs compiled to native code not intermediate code
unless otherwise stated.  The next section provides some guidance on
determining when to use native code instead of intermediate code.

UNIX             The section Performance Programming is generic to the
                 DOS, Windows, OS/2, Windows/NT and UNIX environments.
                 The remaining sections are specific to this COBOL
                 system.

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