Subj : Re: COBOL for Beginners
To   : smartyhall
From : Mortifis
Date : Sat Dec 07 2019 08:27 am

>   Re: Re: COBOL for Beginners
>   By: Dumas Walker to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Fri Dec 06 2019 06:17 pm

>  > > I never saw a COBOL compiler, don't know if it was because of demand or
>  > > hardware requirements - trying to think about the amount of work to get
>  > > from COBOL to X86 assembly boggles the mind.

>  > There was not a free one I know of, but IBM/MicroFocus had one.  I bought
>  > a copy several years ago.  IIRC, it would run on a 386.  Not sure if it
>  > would run on less of a machine than that.

>  > There are free ones now, for linux at least.  I believe what they
>  > actually do is convert the COBOL source to another language and then
>  > compile it from there.

> Transpilers often seem like the Great White Whale of computer science. It's
> so tempting to go down the path of...

> If I just write a transpiler that turns this into an intermediate language
> that is more simple and elegant, I can easily write a compiler that handles
> that efficiently. Then, I can just advance that compiler and apply it to
> anything else I encounter in the future, just by writing a simple
> transpiler. I mean

I suppose you could always try Euphoria :-P
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/

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