COBOL for AIX, V5.1:
- 64-bit application development
- Improved runtime performance and functionality
- Unicode support to develop COBOL programs that exclusively use Unicode for all application data
- Support for Extensible Markup Language to integrate COBOL with XML
- Object-oriented COBOL for interoperability with Java
- Integration of the common compiler back end from XL C, XL C/C++, and XL Fortran for AIX to give better performance
- Source conversion utility (scu) to aid in migrating COBOL source code
- Inclusion of the IBM Debugger for AIX to enable you to conveniently debug programs in 32-bit or 64-bit mode
- Integrated development environment support using IBM Rational Developer for AIX and Linux™, AIX COBOL Edition
COBOL Runtime Environment for AIX, V5.1:
- New separately orderable runtime product for execution of developed IBM COBOL applications
- Improved runtime performance and functionality
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