I came to the platform in 1968 and COBOL definitely beat me to it. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R.S. Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2021 11:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Progam directory AD/Cycle C/370 W dniu 06.01.2021 o 09:19, Tom Ross pisze: >> 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 Number VRM Announced Available Withdrawn Discontinued 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 > . Tom, Thank you for the table. Actually I found some table in COBOL Migration Guide manual https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/hu/SS6SG3_6.3.0/migrate/igymprea b2.html but your table is more detailed - I mean dates. To make things more complex your table lack of third dimension ;-) I mean MLC vs VUE flavours, which is technically irrelevant, but introduce new PIDs (program numbers). And this is good you preserved version numbering - that simplifies identification. Funny fact: I vaguely remember 1999 and some official announcements about OS/VS COBOL withdrawals which were obscure and incomprehensible for me at the time. ;-) BTW: This is pure curiosity, however was there any COBOL life on earth before 1974? I'm sure it was some COBOL, but it was really looong time ago. 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