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Project / Subsystem

gcc / cobol

Date

2026-05-12

Author

Robert Dubner

Commit

aeb28fa47dce988c01855b7bc2c1b86660423576

Source

github

Perf win

Yes

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project: gcc
subsystem: cobol
patch_id: —
commit_hash: aeb28fa47dce988c01855b7bc2c1b86660423576
source_type: github
headline: COBOL: Improves GENERIC for conditionals and comparisons
tldr: Improves execution speed of conditional logic and comparisons in COBOL programs.
author: Robert Dubner
outcome: committed
performance_win: true
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • cobol
• optimization
• conditional logic
• comparison
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/aeb28fa47dce988c01855b7bc2c1b86660423576
date: 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

This commit refines how GENERIC is used to create conditional logic and comparison operations in COBOL, leading to improved execution speed. Several all-purpose routines in libgcobol.so have been replaced with specialized routines implemented in GENERIC. Altered alphabets are now flagged to improve speed.