Converting to COBOL II - Course Objectives

On successful completion of this course, the student, with the aid of the appropriate reference materials, should be able to:

1. Discuss the major differences between the OS/VS COBOL Compiler and the
    COBOL II compiler, and how these differences impact existing code

2. Make any necessary changes to existing COBOL programs to allow them to be
    correctly compiled under COBOL II, and to have the resulting object code produce the
    same results as previously

3. Modify existing programs, or plan new programs to use the new features of COBOL II,
    especially:
           a. In-line PERFORM
           b. PERFORM with pre-test or post-test
           c. 31-bit addressing capability
           d. Statement delimiters
           e. EVALUATE
           f. Expanded VSAM debugging information
           g. Pointer data
           h. ADDRESS and LENGTH special registers
           i. Subscript / index range checking
           j. EXTERNAL and GLOBAL variables
           k. Reference Modification

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