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This manual documents GnuCOBOL 3.2 - Final, 15 January 2024 at 19:30 GMT. build.
Document Copyright 2009-2014 Gary L. Cutler, FSF (Free Software Foundation).
Updates: Copyright 2014-2024 Vincent B. Coen, Gary L. Cutler & FSF.
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FLOW-MATIC (trademark for Sperry Rand Corporation) Programming for the Univac(R) I & II. Data Automation Systems copyrighted 1958, 1959, by Sperry Rand Corporation; IBM commercial translator form F28-8013, copyrighted 1959 by IBM; FACT DSI27A5260-2760, copyrighted 1960 by Minneapolis-Honeywell,
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