Cobol compiler sources available | Linux Today

Cobol compiler sources available

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 1999

Rildo Pragana writes:

I have released a (historic) Cobol compiler that may be useful
for someone trying to implement such language to another OS
(Linux?!). It’s written mostly in C, with a few x86 assembler
routines. Included there is a debugger in prolog (Borland’s Turbo
Prolog(TM)). This compiler generates a code that does a simple
non-preemptive multitasking for MsDos(Microsoft, TM) and was
designed for tying several microterminals to a single PC, each one
sharing the same code, but with separate data and stack
segments.

Everything from now on is release under GPL. Enjoy!

Grab the source at rpcobol.tar.gz.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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