[Default] On 6 Jan 2021 11:34:45 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (R.S.) wrote:
>W dniu 06.01.2021 o 09:19, Tom Ross pisze: >> snip > >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/igympreab2.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. Maybe different product packaging and numbering, etc. I used COBOL (19)61 and COBOL (19)63 on an RCA 301 in the 1963 - 1965 timeframe, then started with COBOL D on a 32K 360/30 with DOS progressing to COBOL F on either the 64K mod 30 or 128K mod 40. I think I have used most versions on OS360 through MVS/XA in the time frame 1977 - 1991 plus VS COBOL II release 1.4 (a major improvement) followed by either COBOL 370 or COBOL for MVS and VM. Clark Morris > >Regards ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
