On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 02:39:55PM +0530, S.K.Goel wrote:
> For linux you can use
>
> cobolscript ,,, In case you want to run Cobol in GUI.
> this software cost around $50.00 with unlimited user-license.
>
IIRC, cobolscript is a CGI bin programming environment using
COBOL-like syntax and file processing. Can this do static apps
also ?
> or you can use :-
>
> microfocus cobol
> acu cobol
>
Don't know about microfocus, but acu cobol (commercial) has
been around for quite a few years. Being cross-platform, one
can use old DOS COBOL code as well ...
> and others.
>
> any cobol, which run in unix / aix will run on linux also.
>
Unfortunately, COBOL is not much popular under Linux. Most
people use some form of RDBMS for database purposes. There was
a GNU COBOL project commenced around 99-2000, but not much
activity thereafter. Virtually every solid COBOL compiler is
commercial, either using, or derived from, proprietory closed
source *nix forefathers. Even contemporary COBOLs like Fujitsu
(cross-platform) with support for CGI and .NET is proprietory.
Don't know if a FLOSS version of COBOL would ever come out with
dwindling popularity of this type of programming these days.
Otherwise, GNU COBOL should have been out by this time ...
Just a musing.
Bish
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