VSI COBOL V3.2-0003 for OpenVMS x86-64 Systems
                            Release Notes

                            21 March 2024







     Copyright 2024 VMS Software, Inc.

     This document contains information about VSI COBOL V3.2-0003
     including  new  and  changed  features,  differences between
     V3.2-0003 and  previous  versions,  corrections,  and  other
     topics.   This  file  is of interest to both system managers
     and application programmers.



                                   CONTENTS



CHAPTER 1       VSI COBOL

        1.1     Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
        1.2     Getting Help And Reporting Problems  . . . . . . . 1-2


CHAPTER 2       NEW AND CHANGED FEATURES IN PREVIOUS RELEASES

        2.1     New And Changed Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
        2.2     Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1


CHAPTER 3       VSI COBOL DOCUMENTATION AND ONLINE INFORMATION





































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                              CHAPTER 1

                              VSI COBOL



VSI COBOL V3.2-0003 for OpenVMS x86-64 Systems Release Notes



1.1  Overview

VSI COBOL V3.2-0003 for OpenVMS x86-64  Systems  provides  a  compiler
which runs on the OpenVMS x86-64 version 9.2-1 or later.

V9.2-2 plus VMS922X_UPDATE-V0100 is strongly preferred as it  contains
RTL fixes and system condition handling fixes.

For  V9.2-1  systems,  we  suggest  you  download  and   install   the
VMS921X_UPDATE-V0100  as  it  contains  RTL fixes (however, the V9.2-2
RTLs contain even more fixes).

This chapter provides general information about the VSI COBOL product.
The remaining chapters provide the following information:

      o  Highlights new and changed features in this  version  of  VSI
         COBOL.

      o  Details some known problems and incomplete  functionality  in
         this version of the compiler.

      o  Lists the organization of the documentation set.

The image identification for the COBOL compiler is "COBOL V3.2-0003".

The COBOL/VERSION string is:

         VSI COBOL V3.2-0003 (GEM 50nnn) on OpenVMS x86-64 Systems







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1.2  Getting Help And Reporting Problems

Please report problems or offer feedback using the VSI Support  Portal
or VSI Official Forum.

You can also send comments, questions and suggestions  about  the  VSI
COBOL  product to info@vmssoftware.com.  Note that these addresses are
for informational inquiries and is not a formal support channel.














































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                              CHAPTER 2

            NEW AND CHANGED FEATURES IN PREVIOUS RELEASES



2.1  New And Changed Features

VSI COBOL V3.2-0003 is the initial release of COBOL on OpenVMS x86-64.
It  is  based  on  VSI  COBOL on OpenVMS I64 for source compatibility.
There may be platform-specific features from OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS
I64 that may not be supported.



2.2  Known Issues


      -  Some of the run-time overflow checking,  especially  floating
         overflow,  is  still not working.  We expect this to be fixed
         by a future release of OpenVMS.

      -  Debug support is not fully implemented and the  compiler  may
         generate  an  assertion when using /DEBUG or the debugger may
         report errors about undefined types.  We are working on these
         issues for a future release of the compiler.

      -  The   /MACHINE_CODE   qualifier   is   ignored.    Use    the
         ANALYZE/OBJECT/DISASSEMBLE  command  to product a list of the
         machine code instructions generated by the compiler.















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                              CHAPTER 3

            VSI COBOL DOCUMENTATION AND ONLINE INFORMATION



The  VSI  COBOL   documentation   set   can   be   found   online   at
https://docs.vmssoftware.com/

The online documentation  has  not  been  updated  to  include  x86-64
support.


































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