>BTW: Is there description/list of COBOL versions anywhere? I don't know, but I have lists! Here is the entire history, no names, just product ids, but you can kind of tell which is which by the dates. OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, etc etc Note: You need fixed-width caharacters to view this table:
Program Marketing Service Number VRM Announced Available Withdrawn Discontinued 5740-CB1 1.02.4 1974/05/13 1974/09/23 1992/12/18 1999/12/31 5668-958 1.03.0 1988/09/13 1988/12/16 1997/06/30 1996/06/30 5668-958 1.03.1 1989/09/19 1989/12/29 1997/06/30 1996/06/30 5668-958 1.03.2 1990/09/05 1990/12/28 1997/06/30 1996/06/30 5668-958 1.04.0 1992/09/15 1993/03/12 1997/06/30 2001/03/31 5688-197 1.01.0 1991/09/11 1991/12/20 2000/09/06 1997/09/30 5688-197 1.02.0 1995/10/24 1995/10/27 2000/09/06 2001/12/31 5648-A25 2.01.0 1997/05/06 1997/05/23 2000/09/29 2004/12/31 5648-A25 2.02.0 2000/09/26 2000/09/29 2002/12/31 2004/12/31 5655-G53 3.01.0 2001/11/27 2001/11/30 2002/09/27 2004/04/04 5655-G53 3.02.0 2002/08/20 2002/09/27 2004/02/27 2005/10/03 5655-G53 3.03.0 2004/02/17 2004/02/27 2005/07/01 2007/04/30 5655-G53 3.04.0 2005/06/21 2005/07/01 2008/09/29 2015/04/30 5655-S71 4.01.0 2007/12/11 2007/12/14 2009/08/25 2014/04/30 5655-S71 4.02.0 2009/08/25 2009/08/28 2018/03/12 2021/09/30 5655-W32 05.01.00 2013/04/23 2013/06/21 2015/01/14 2020/04/30 5655-W32 05.02.00 2015/01/14 2015/02/27 2017/09/11 2020/04/30 5655-EC6 06.01.00 2016/02/16 2016/03/18 2020/03/09 - 5655-EC6 06.02.00 2017/07/17 2017/09/08 2020/03/09 - 5655-EC6 06.03.00 2019/09/03 2019/09/06 - - Cheers, TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
