COMTRAN - Contributions To COBOL

Contributions To COBOL

Several elements of COMTRAN were incorporated into COBOL:

  • Picture clause.
  • Paragraphing: dividing code into paragraphs (with line breaks not significant).
  • Paragraph names. Assigning names to paragraphs, and jumps (GO TO's) are to a paragraph name, not to a line number.
  • AT END clause on file input operations.
  • Figurative constant HIGH-VALUE.
  • Passing a numeric value (RETURN-CODE) back to the operating system when the program terminates.

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