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utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!davy
Sun Mar 28 19:56:33 1982
COBOL Compiler Responses


A while back I asked for information on Cobol compilers for UNIX.
Here are the answers I got:

       There is a cobol for several unix systems from Ryan-McFarland, I don't
       know much about them, but it is available on the Onyx and BBN C machine
       for sure, and maybe others.

       Yes, there is one available, and I think it is advertized through
       Whitesmith's, but I will check it out ASAP.

I also received one account of someone's experience with the Ryan-McFarland
compiler:

       My wife has used the Ryan-McFarland COBOL compiler on the  ONYX  in  a
       beginning COBOL class, and we found no significant departures from the
       COBOL being taught in the class other than the lack of a few features.

       I barely know COBOL, but its manual describes its  compliance  to  the
       ANSI COBOL standard as "Level 1" plus a few "Level 2" features.

       In other words,  it  looks  like  the  compiler  is  quite  sound  and
       approximately complete.

Thanks to ittvax!cox, pur-ee!sb, and sii!wje

--Dave Curry
pur-ee!davy


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