[Info-vax] COBOL, <gack!> again! Return status.

[bill]

On 9/14/2023 7:12 PM, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 14/09/2023 23:32, bill wrote:
>> On 9/11/2023 3:45 PM, bill wrote:
>>> On 9/11/2023 3:01 PM, Brian Schenkenberger wrote:
>>>> How does a COBOL program return a status (ie. R0) to a calling 
>>>> program? I found a reference to RETURN-CODE but compiler balks at that.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In Unix ending the program with:
>>>
>>>      STOP RUN RETURNING {literal-1}
>>>                         {identifier-1}
>>>
>>>
>>> will make a return code available to the shell.
>>>
>>> If you want a status returned to DCL I expect that would do it.
>>>
>>> bill
>>>
>>> {I really need to get a VMS system running here again.}
>>>
>>
>> OK, in case anyone is still interested in any of this.
>>
>> OpenVMS COBOL does not support the RETURNING clause on a STOP RUN.
>>
>> If you wish to pass a STATUS back to DCL you have to put the
>> desired value in the predefined variable RETURN-CODE before
>> using STOP RUN.
>>
>> I tried it and it works fine.
>>
>> I really miss doing COBOL.  Kinda miss Fortran, too, but not
>> as much.  And then there was Pascal.  A shame we lost all the
>> good languages.
>>
>> bill
>>
> 
> Pascal IS available for x86
> 

I have Pascal on pretty much every system I still run here at home.
What I lack is Pascal Programs to work on.  :-)

bill