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What was removed from COBOL in the COBOL II implementation?
Partial list: REMARKS, NOMINAL KEY, PAGE-COUNTER, CURRENT-DAY, TIME-OF-DAY, STATE, FLOW, COUNT, EXAMINE, EXHIBIT, READY TRACE and RESET TRACE.


  
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Latest Answer :                         NEXT SENTANCE                                     ...

EVALUATE can be used in place of the nested IF THEN ELSE statements.  
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Partial list: REMARKS, NOMINAL KEY, PAGE-COUNTER, CURRENT-DAY, TIME-OF-DAY, STATE, FLOW, COUNT, EXAMINE, EXHIBIT, READY TRACE and RESET TRACE.  

Explain the difference between an internal and an external sort, the pros and cons, internal sort syntax etc?
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Comp is a binary usage, while comp-3 indicates packed decimal. The other common usages are binary and display. Display is the default. 3/28/00 Dave Herrmann: 'I was reading your FAQ on Cobol, as 
Latest Answer : Binary representation of data item are called 'comp', while comp-3 is the packed decimal.comp-1 & comp-2 are another usage.  ...

In a COBOL II perform statement, when is the conditional tested, before or after the perform execution?
In COBOL II the optional clause WITH TEST BEFORE or WITH TEST AFTER can be added to all perform statements. By default the test is performed before the perform.  

In COBOL II the 88 levels can be set rather than moving their associated values to the related data item. (Web note: This change is not one of COBOL II's better specifications.)  
Latest Answer : Last answer is correct and below example also.e.g. 05  ACCOUNT-TYPE         PIC X(01) VALUE 'N'.             88  PREPAID-ACCT                     ...


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