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COBOL (PRONOUNCED /?KO?B?L/) IS ONE OF THE OLDEST PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES.
REFER TO THE LANGUAGE REFERENCE HELP FOR A LIST OF MICRO FOCUS COBOL RESERVED WORDS, AND FOR A FULL.
MANUAL # MANUAL NAME.
SEE THE COMPAQ COBOL REFERENCE MANUAL FOR INFORMATION ON THE SYNCHRONIZED CLAUSE, WHICH IS ALSO USED TO SPECIFY ALIGNMENT.
[EDIT] 1950S: FORTRAN, COBOL.
