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On the average, ARITH(EXTEND) was ---------ARITH(COMPAT), with a range of equivalent to ------.

  1. (1) 1% slower than,38% slower

  2. (2) 10% slower than,4% slower

  3. (3) 1% faster than,38% faster

  4. (4) 10% faster than,4% faster
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Explanation

According to IBM COBOL performance benchmarks, compiling with ARITH(EXTEND) is on average 1% slower than compiling with ARITH(COMPAT), with a maximum range of up to 38% slower in extreme cases.

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