Hi Michael,

thanks for your effort and for the pointers:

>    *
> <https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/FIPS/fipspub21-2.pdf>Federal
> Information Processing Standards Publication: programming language
> COBOL (nist.gov)

**-- > Language Definition, no test programs

>    *
> <https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication500-203.pdf>Conformance
> test specifications for COBOL intrinsic function module (nist.gov)
**-- > Descriptions of test cases, no test programs
>    *
> <https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/FIPS/fipspub21-3-1990.pdf>Federal
> Information Processing Standards Publication: COBOL (nist.gov)
**-- > Announcement of new standards document, no test programs
>    *
> <https://ntrl.ntis.gov/NTRL/dashboard/searchResults/titleDetail/PB89151310.xhtml>COBOL
> 85 Compiler Validation System (CCVS 85) User Guide (Version 2.0). |
> National Technical Reports Library - NTIS
**-- > Mentions testing and validation, but contains no reference to
test programs
> or:
>    * <https://samate.nist.gov/SARD/test-suites>Test suites - NIST
> Software Assurance Reference Dataset
**-- > Lots of test suites - but not for Cobol.
> These folks might have it -
> <https://gitlab.cobolworx.com/COBOLworx/gcc-cobol/-/tree/3c7d783ad3b7952c5ebe8ae52e6b339e471d56bd/gcc/cobol>gcc/cobol
> · 3c7d783ad3b7952c5ebe8ae52e6b339e471d56bd · COBOLworx / gcc-cobol ·
> GitLab

**-- > Those folks are doing a lot of interesting stuff. But their
repository has only a very partial subset of the NIST test suite. :-(
           I'll try to contact them. Thanks for the pointer :-)

Thanks again & kind regards,
Abe
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> At 02:55 AM 10/4/2024, Abe Kornelis wrote:
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>> All,
>>
>> I am reaching out on behalf of the z390 development/support team.
>>
>> Many years ago one of our contributors copied the NIST test suite for
>> Cobol
>> from the NIST web site to use as a test bench while developing our
>> zCobol compiler.
>> Unfortunately, the copy in our archive has become damaged.
>>
>> I searched the NIST web site to obtain a fresh copy, but I failed to
>> locate it.
>>
>> If anyone has a suggestion how I might refresh our copy of the test
>> suite,
>> that would be highly appreciated. Suggestions for an alternative
>> to the NIST test suite for validating compiler function would be very
>> helpful too.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Abe Kornelis
>> ==========
>>
>> PS: you can find more info about the z390 project on z390.org
>> and more info about the zCobol component on zcobol .org
>>
>> Abe
>>
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