Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
On Tue, 2022-03-15 at 09:12 -0400, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: > > We already have GnuCOBOL which works just fine (most of the time). > > Yes, although that one is apparently more limited.  And GnuCOBOL is a > COBOL to C converter.  gcobol is a full front end.  One difference is > that GDB will

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/15/22 13:31, Paul Koning wrote: On Mar 15, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/15/22 12:57, Paul Koning wrote: ... One difference is that GDB will be able to do COBOL mode debugging. Never had a reason to try it but I thought GnuCOBOL allowed the use of GDB.

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Mar 15, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > On 3/15/22 12:57, Paul Koning wrote: >>> ... > One difference is that GDB will be able to do COBOL mode debugging. >>> >>> Never had a reason to try it but I thought GnuCOBOL allowed the use >>> of GDB. FAQ seems t

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/15/22 12:57, Paul Koning wrote: On Mar 15, 2022, at 12:39 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/15/22 09:12, Paul Koning wrote: On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/14/22 20:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I tho

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Mar 15, 2022, at 12:39 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > On 3/15/22 09:12, Paul Koning wrote: >>> On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 3/14/22 20:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some he

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/15/22 09:12, Paul Koning wrote: On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 3/14/22 20:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some here might find interesting: it announces the existence (not quite done but getting there) of

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Jon Elson via cctalk
On 3/14/22 19:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some here might find interesting: it announces the existence (not quite done but getting there) of a COBOL language front end for GCC. Interesting. For those who deal in legacy COBOL applications that w

Re: gcobol

2022-03-15 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Mar 14, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk > wrote: > > On 3/14/22 20:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: >> Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some here might find interesting: >> it announces the existence (not quite done but getting there) of a COBOL >> language front

Re: gcobol

2022-03-14 Thread Mike Loewen via cctalk
On 3/14/2022 6:53 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: Good question. Does any one have card reader hooked up to modern machine? paul Ben. On Mon, 14 Mar 2022, jim stephens via cctalk wrote: I have a serial Documation M-1000.  Not running at the moment, but adequate for such Two more M-600

Re: gcobol

2022-03-14 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
I have a serial Documation M-1000.  Not running at the moment, but adequate for such Two more M-600 parallel, and I think the number for the dinky one is M-150, also parallel. interface would go thru an arduino with 5v board easily to a USB serial or whatever (Ethernet maybe) thanks Jim On

Re: gcobol

2022-03-14 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2022-03-14 6:53 p.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some here might find interesting: it announces the existence (not quite done but getting there) of a COBOL language front end for GCC. Interesting. For those who deal in legacy COBOL applications

Re: gcobol

2022-03-14 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 3/14/22 20:53, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: Saw a note on the GCC list that I thought some here might find interesting: it announces the existence (not quite done but getting there) of a COBOL language front end for GCC. Interesting. For those who deal in legacy COBOL applications that w