Re: [GNU-COBOL] Quiet on the list?

[Richard Snow <snowrs@ccape.net>]

Laura: 

I've programmed in COBOL before, but I don't have a copy of the latest 
standards.  I'd like to help in some capacity, but I've never written a
compiler.  I have done small interpreters so I know a little bit about
lexical analysis and parsing from a compiler course I took a long time
ago. I don't know how much time I could devote to this project but it
interests me because COBOL code is basically self-documenting to some
extent. What language(s) or tools were going to be used to write the
compiler? (other than bison which I know nothing about). 


On Thu, 17 Jun 1999, Laura Tweedy wrote:

> --- Boris Kortiak <BKortiak@genlyte.com> wrote:
> > Is everyone on vacation -or- are you communicating
> > through other channels?
> > 
> 
> Several things are happening:  I'm preparing a list of things for
> people to do, getting a high speed link to my house so we can share
> code, and .. well, everybody's waiting on me, sorry.
> 
> I do think it would be a good idea for us to arrange a "real time"
> communication area, such as a moo or irc channel so that we can talk in
> groups if necessary.  It's also easier to have a dialog than it is in
> email tag.
> 
> The only problem with this is the time zone issue and wether it's
> reasonable that people will be online for extended periods of time.  I
> know I will be, but I have to life. :)
> 
> As a hint of what's happening and what will be in my list of stuff for
> people to do:
> I want to write a custom scanner.
> We will use bison.
> I want people with copies of the standard to help with writing the
> grammar.
> There are multiple support libraries that need to be written.
> I will try to define some interfaces more precicely so that people can
> begin work on the libraries.
> 
> Even if I don't finish the above tonight, I will send whatever I have
> to the list tonight or tomorrow morning.
> 
> Sorry for all the delays.
> 
> laura
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