To my knowledge it does not compile to JVM bytecode.
>________________________________ > From: Graham Hobbs <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 3:41 PM >Subject: Re: Resistance to Java. > > >What of GNU COBOL? Is free. >Graham Hobbs > >On 22/01/2014 4:48 PM, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >> I imagine one could use Micro Focus COBOL and its JVM support. I suppose >> mainframe file I/O might be a problem, though. >> >> There's also this: >> http://www.veryant.com/products/iscobol/cobol-compiler.php. >> >> There was also one called PERCobol from "LegacyJ", but I can't find their >> website, so it may have gone the way of the dodo. >> >> I've not tried any of them. >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Tony Harminc <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 1:14 PM >>> Subject: Re: Resistance to Java. >>> >>> >>> On 22 January 2014 08:36, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Now wouldn't that be a kick? An Enterprise COBOL compatible compiler which >>>> produced Java byte code. That >>>> would likely sell a lot of zAAPs. >>> Don't think it hasn't been seriously considered by more than one >>> party... But as with any number of other such approaches, it would be >>> limited by its own success. If it managed to displace any significant >>> amount of IBM revenue by shifting "legacy" workloads to cheaper >>> processors, IBM would put a stop to it, either technically or by new >>> Ts & Cs of some sort. >>> >>> Tony H. >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >>> >>> >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
