Re: gnubol: What is the Status of the GNU-Cobol project

[Tim Josling <tej@melbpc.org.au>]

Jim,

There is no work going on with GNU Cobol2C. The currently active
projects (ie new source in the past month) are

* Tiny Cobol (at http://www.sourceforge.com)
* Cobol for GCC (http://www.geocities.com/timjosling/cobol.html)

Which will be ready first? Well as of the last few days we are
formally sharing code, and over time they may merge completely so
that may not be a valid question. Other than that it is hard to
predicts when something usable may be available. Possibly in
12-18 months, depending on how many people write code, etc.

If yove a look at the last few days' archives of either group you
can see the discussions on sharing.

If you are interested in helping you are welcome to do so; please
let me know

Tim Josling

JimMorcombe wrote:
> 
> I realise this mailing list is for use by the developers, so I
> appologise for the dumb questions.
> 
> I have been paging through the archive for the mailing list trying to
> find out how far along the GNU-Cobol project is.  Unfortunately I
> failed.
> 
> How far along is the project?
> When will there be a version of the compiler available that ordinary
> folks can play with?
> How long before I can dump MicroFocus Cobol and use GNU-Cobol?
> 
> What is the relationship between Tiny Cobol and GNU-Cobol?
> Which will product a robust compiler first?
> 
> Jim Morcombe
> 
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