Floating-Point Arithmetic in COBOL In this paper the basic operations of floating-point arithmetic are examined and COBOL procedures for carrying these out are given, along with specification of working storage. The paper concludes with an example in which these procedures are used. CACM May, 1962 Kesner, O. CA620509 JB March 20, 1978 1:46 PM 596 5 596 596 5 596 596 5 596