At 15:55 -0700 on 01/23/2016, Lizette Koehler wrote about Re: COBOL v5:

And, yes, what they said.  IBM requires PDS/E due to Program Objects being
created by Cobol V5.

This is a Cop-Out answer/reason in my opinion. The real question is "What is Cobol V5 creating that needs the Program Object format?". IOW: It outputs something that needs a Program Object when bound. What is this capability that can not be done in a normal load module?

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