Perhaps the COBOL compiler builders feel that the code generated is optimal without using relative branch or the other new instructions. Most application programmers don't see the instruction-level code, nor do they really need to. Most systems people would only worry about it if they were aware of a real CPU hog that could benefit; if response time is within the SLAs, and all work is getting done, then no one much bothers with further code optimization.
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