Retrocomputing

COBOL

COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was one of the earliest high-level programming languages. It is now more than 60 years old.

Micro Focus COBOL products
Microsoft COBOL products

References

Example COBOL programs

Other files

C12Sys.zip (COBOL12)
COBOL12 is a 16-bit system designed to run under DOS. It also functions in Windows 3.1, 95 and 98. Unknown author.
checkers.cbl (Checkers)
feedstck.txt (File for listfeed.cbl)
listfeed.cbl (List contents of feedstck.txt)
An example of how to read a text file with variable length records. Written for NPS MICRO-COBOL.
nps-cobol_2.1.zip (NPS MICRO-COBOL Ver. 2.1)
Naval Postgraduate School COBOL. Runs on CP/M 2.2
nps-cobol_2.1.txt (NPS MICRO-COBOL Ver. 2.1 manual)
rand-proc.cbl (Procedures include file for random number generator)
tictactoe.cbl (Tic Tac Toe for GNUCobol)
hanoi2.cbl (Towers of Hanoi Puzzle (iterative) for NPS MICRO-COBOL)
rand-ws.cbl (Working storage include file for random number generator)