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MCOBOL—a prototype macro facility for Cobol

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J. M. Triance,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 23, Issue 8

Pages 432 - 439

https://doi.org/10.1145/358896.358889

Published: 01 August 1980 Publication History

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Layzell PTriance J(1988)CLEF-a Cobol language enhancement facilityInformation and Software Technology10.1016/0950-5849(88)90071-730:2(108-119)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1988
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/0950-5849%2888%2990071-7
Volpano DDunsmore H(1984)Empirical investigation of COBOL featuresInformation Processing and Management: an International Journal10.1016/0306-4573(84)90060-820:1-2(277-291)Online publication date: 15-Feb-1984
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/0306-4573%2884%2990060-8
van der Linden PNicholson L(1981)Macro facilities in the Ada environmentACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/947874.94788016:8(67-68)Online publication date: 1-Aug-1981
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/947874.947880

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