General description

The Segmentation feature allows the programmer, at compile time, to specify program overlay requirements. Only the Procedure Division may be segmented. The Procedure and Environment Divisions are therefore provided to define the segmentation requirements for the program.

Note

Segmentation is superfluous when generating shareable code. Shareable code can be generated simply by means of a control statement to the compiler (see "COBOL2000 User Guide" [1]).