Oh, like WOW,man. I just scurried over and picked that up. Wonderful and funny. I've used GNU COBOL to compile some of my companies z/OS COBOL batch program. A large number (80% or so) compiled with only a few changes. The changes were to correct mistakes that the IBM compiler accepted anyway.
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps of some interest to the list.... > > "Have you ever wanted to just cut and paste some of that legacy COBOL code > from mainframe applications into your latest Web application? No? Well, > Romanian Web developer Bizău Ionică has developed a way to do just that, > creating a COBOL bridge for Node.js, the JavaScript-based cross-platform > runtime environment t" > > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/calling-1959-from-your-web-code-a-cobol-bridge-for-node-js/ > > Enjoy. > > DJ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
