Table 1 gives an overview of the functions available with the latest releases of OS/VS COBOL, VS COBOL II, COBOL for MVS & VM, COBOL for OS/390 & VM, and shows the new functions available with the Enterprise COBOL compiler.
| OS/VS COBOL | VS COBOL II | COBOL for MVS & VM | COBOL for OS/390 & VM | Enterprise COBOL for z/OS |
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| COBOL 85 Standard, No intrinsic functions, Structured programming, DBCS National language, Improved CICS interface, 31-bit addressing, Reentrancy, Fast Sort Optimizer, Interactive debugging (full-screen mode) | COBOL 85 Standard, Structured programming, DBCS National language, Improved CICS interface, 31-bit addressing, Reentrancy, Fast Sort Optimizer, Interactive debugging (full-screen mode) | COBOL 85 Standard, Structured programming, DBCS National language, Improved CICS interface, 31-bit addressing, Reentrancy, Fast Sort Optimizer, Interactive debugging (full-screen mode) | COBOL 85 Standard, Structured programming, DBCS National language, Improved CICS interface, 31-bit addressing, Reentrancy, Fast Sort Optimizer, Interactive debugging (full-screen mode) | |
| COBOL 74 Standard, 74 STD FIPS flagging, Dynamic loading, Batch debugging, Interactive debugging (line mode) | COBOL 74 compatibility, 85 STD FIPS flagging, Dynamic loading, Batch debugging, Interactive debugging | COBOL 74 compatibility, 85 STD FIPS flagging, Dynamic loading, Batch debugging, Interactive debugging | COBOL 74 compatibility, 85 STD FIPS flagging, Dynamic loading, Batch debugging, Interactive debugging | 85 STD FIPS flagging, Dynamic loading, Batch debugging, Interactive debugging |