Microsoft KB Archive/34406

COBOL 3.0 and Previous Versions Do Not Use Math Coprocessor

PSS ID Number: Q34406 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

1.10 1.12 2.00 2.10 2.20 3.00 | 3.00 MS-DOS | OS/2

Summary: The Microsoft COBOL Compiler Versions 3.0 and earlier do not support a math coprocessor. Many languages either use (or emulate the use of) a mathematics coprocessor, such as an Intel 8087, 80287, or 80387 chip. COBOL does not take advantage of a coprocessor for its arithmetic operations.

Additional reference words: 1.10 1.12 2.00 2.10 2.20 3.00 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.