Run-time Behavior - Compatibility with Other COBOL Dialects

ALPHASTART Numbering in ALPHABET
APOST QUOTE = '
CASE Case of program-name
COMP-6 COMP-6 items format
DBSPACE DBCS space
FDCLEAR Clear record buffer after write
IBMCOMP Word-storage mode
INTDATE Starting date for integer format dates used with date intrinsic functions
ODOSLIDE Variable length table
OPTIONAL-FILE All files optional
QUOTE QUOTE = "
RETRYLOCK Retry locked record
SIGN Included signs
SSRANGE Run-time checking of subscripts, indexes and reference modified items
STICKY-PERFORM Behavior of PERFORM
SYMBSTART Numbering in SYMBOLIC
TRUNC Truncation of binary
SWITCH-TYPE ANSI-compatible switch behavior

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