Control Data Corporation 3300 Reference Manual page 284

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MASS STORAGE
COBOL AND USASI COBOL
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USASI COBOL and Mass Storage (MS) COBOL both operate under control of the MASTER operating
system. They are compatible except for the language differences described in this appendix.
The elements omitted from USASI COBOL either have no effect on the object program or their
functions can be performed by other elements present in both versions of COBOL/MASTER. The
elements omitted from MS COBOL are features in USASI COBOL which have no equivalent in MS
COBOL.
Elements in MS COBOL not in USASI COBOL
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION:
MEMORY SIZE clause of
SOURCE-COMPUTER paragraph
DAr A DIVISION:
CONSTANT SECTION
File Description Clauses:
FILE CONTAINS
NON -STANDARD option of
LABEL RECORDS clause
Record Description Clauses:
SIZE
CLASS
POINT LOCATION
SIGN or SIGNED
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Alternate Methods Available in Both
None, used for documentation only
Constants can be defined with the VALUE
clause in Working-Storage and Common-
Storage sections.
None, used for documentation only
Data-name option of LABEL RECORDS clause
can be used to specify nonstandard labeling.
Label checking is done by the input-output
control system in USASI COBOL.
Number of symbols representing character
position in PICTURE(includes all symbols but
V Sand P).
Type of character in PICTURE:
9 is NUMERIC
A is ALPHABETIC
X is ALPHANUMERIC or AN
V in PICTURE
S in PICTURE
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