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From: | David Essex |
Subject: | Re: [open-cobol-list] Which formatting convention to use? |
Date: | Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:38:17 -0400 |
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Duke Normandin wrote:
Should a COBOL noob like me be learning the language using the traditional (strict) formatting conventions in order to learn COBOL correctly, or is using the "free" source format OK in this day-and-age? ...
You can use what format you prefer. The default is fixed format. For a complete list of OC options type 'cobc -h'. Besides the REPORT and COMMUNICATION sections, which are not implemented, OC conforms to the COBOL 85, and some of the COBOL 2002 standard. An on-line COBOL tutorial can be found here [1]. And the OC FAQ can be found here [2]. Hope this helps. 1) COBOL programming - tutorials, lectures, exercises, examples http://www.csis.ul.ie/COBOL/ 2) OpenCOBOL FAQ http://opencobol.add1tocobol.com/
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