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Language peer sets for MCOBOL:
United Kingdom↑
United Kingdom/1980↑
Designed 1980 ↑
1980s languages ↑
Fourth generation↑
Late Cold War↑
Business Data Processing ↑
Business Data Processing/1980↑
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MCOBOL(ID:7005/mco004)

Macro extensions to COBOL 

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Country: United Kingdom
Designed 1980
Sammet category: Business Data Processing

Macro extensions to COBOL, developed by the British Computer Society's COBOL Macro Working Party, and implemented by Triance at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). Superceded by CLEF written by Yow
Related languages
COBOL → MCOBOL   Extension of
MCOBOL → CLEF   Evolution of
References:
  • Triance, J.M. (1978) Triance, J.M. "A macro facility for COBOL" pp420-431
          in Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation (1978) Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation in Informatics. Venice, 1978
  • Yow, J.F,S., and Triance, J.M. (1979) Yow, J.F,S., and Triance, J.M. An assessment of MCOBOL capabilities Rep 234, of Science and Technology, Manchester. England. 1979
          in Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation (1978) Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation in Informatics. Venice, 1978
  • Yow. (1979) Yow. J.F.S. The design and implementation of a COBOL compiler with a macro facility. M. Sc. Th., Computation Dept, Univ. Manchester Inst. of Science and Technology. Manchester, England, 1979.
          in Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation (1978) Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation in Informatics. Venice, 1978
  • [BCS] (1980) [BCS] "CLEF Journal of Development" UMIST, Manchester, England 1980
          in Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation (1978) Proceedings of Conference on European Cooperation in Informatics. Venice, 1978
  • Triance, J. M.; Yow, J. F.S. (1980) Triance, J. M.; Yow, J. F.S. "MCOBOL - a prototype macro facility for Cobol" pp432-439 Abstract DOI Extract: Introduction Extract: Objectives of the MCOBOL Design
          in [ACM] (1980) [ACM] CACM 23(08) August 1980
  • Layzell, P.Z. (1985) Layzell, P.Z. "The History of Macro-Processors in Programming Language Extensibility"
          in (1985) The Computer Journal 28(1) January 1985
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