In my copious spare time I've been taking a serious look at Open COBOL. Much like it's name suggests it's an open source COBOL effort. It appears to be attempting to blend the various dialects into one deliverable (or at least that's what I can see so far).
I've taken some running code (COBOL 74 code, hee hee) and compiled it with the OC compiler. Aside from minor language differences (OC doesn't do COBOL 74, only 85 and higher), it compiled cleanly. OC boasts database support with MySQL and Postgres. Oracle should be forthcoming. And with the OpenKicks package (which is still under development) you may even have CICS support at some time. See http://www.opencobol.org. Thompson, Michael E wrote:
I have been charged with investigating something that my management has heard in regards to porting Cobol code to Linux-390. He has heard that there have been companies that have done this. Has anyone done this? Is Cobol available on Linux-390? Was it a true port or a conversion to another language? Was there a product involved in the porting process or was it a manual process? What were your experiences as you proceeded through the porting process? I do not know if we will pursue this but we would like to know if it is possible. Thanks, Mike
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