Category:COBOL: Difference between revisions

* '''COBOL 1985''' added many new features to COBOL, notably including: scope terminators (<code>END-IF</code>, <code>END-READ</code>, etc.), the <code>EVALUATE</code> verb, the <code>CONTINUE</code> verb, inline <code>PERFORM</code> statements, the ability to pass arguments by content, and the deprecation of the infamous <code>ALTER</code> verb. This standard was followed by the intrinsic functions amendment and a clarifications amendment in 1989 and 1991, respectively.

* '''COBOL 2002''' is the current version of COBOL and was published by [[ISO]] as ISO/IEC 1989. It included a host of new features, most notably including object-oriented programming. However, there were also other features, including: floating-point support, portable arithmetic results, pointers, calling conventions to other languages, function prototypes, [[XML]] facilities and support for execution within framework environments. This standard has suffered from poor vendor support, due to little commercial demand for the new features.<ref>John Billman & Huib Klink, 'Thoughts on the Future of COBOL Standardization', [https://www.cobolstandard.info/j4/files/08-0034.pdf]</ref>

 

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