System and method for COBOL to provide shared memory and memory and message queues

A method of enabling queues for COBOL programs, comprising:

• creating a queue using a memory space;
• providing an operating system having a key related to an address of the memory space;
• maintaining the key in an index;
• communicating with the operating system to receive the address of the memory space based on the key;
• resolving the memory space to an operable portion of the COBOL program based on the key from the index.

A method of sharing memory between COBOL programs, comprising:

• requesting, by a first and second COBOL programs, an address of a block of memory;
• returning the address to the first and second COBOL programs;
• and
• sharing, by the first and second COBOL programs, the block of memory.

A method of sharing memory between COBOL programs, the method comprising:

• maintaining, by a COBOL routine, an index of shared memory addresses;
• requesting, by a COBOL program, a shared memory block;
• and
• receiving to a linkage section of the COBOL program an address of the shared memory block from the COBOL routine.