Welcome to IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS, IBM's latest host COBOL compiler!

This version of IBM COBOL adds new COBOL function to help integrate COBOL business processes and Web-oriented business processes by:

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Simplifying the componentization of COBOL programs and enabling interoperability with Java components
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Promoting the exchange and use of data in standardized formats, including XML and Unicode

This document will help you write and compile Enterprise COBOL programs. It will also help you define object-oriented classes and methods, invoke methods, and refer to objects in your programs.

This document assumes experience in developing application programs and some knowledge of COBOL. It focuses on using Enterprise COBOL to meet your programming objectives and not on the definition of the COBOL language. For complete information on COBOL syntax, see IBM Enterprise COBOL Language Reference.

For information on migrating programs to Enterprise COBOL, see IBM Enterprise COBOL Compiler and Run-Time Migration Guide.

IBM z/OS Language Environment provides the run-time environment and run-time services that are required to run your Enterprise COBOL programs. You will find information on link-editing and running programs in the IBM z/OS Language Environment Programming Guide and IBM z/OS Language Environment Programming Reference.

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