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     PUBLICATIONS cobol.doc FILE
    Copyright (C) 1997 by Stratus Computer, Inc.


This document describes all of the features that have been added to VOS
COBOL since the latest version of the "VOS COBOL Language Manual"
(R010-03). This document discusses the following topics.

 o  Compilation with -statistics

 o  Optimizations in VOS COBOL

 o  Cross Compilation

 o  Stack Frame Limits

 o  Recompiling VOS COBOL Programs That Use External Files

 o  Passing String-Valued Functions between COBOL and FORTRAN Programs
    on Continuum-Series Modules      

 o  The current-date Function

 o  Function-Calling Conventions

Changes to this document since it was last modified include the following:

 o  a new -processor value and preprocessor variables for Continuum-series
    modules

 o  a discussion of cross-compilation on modules running VOS Release 
    14.0.0

 o  a new optimization (no allocation of stack space for automatic 
    variables)

 o  a new function, current-date

 o  changes to the calling conventions for COBOL functions that
    return pic 9 or comp-3 values