Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL compiler

[Steven O. E. <so...@so...>]

I have not worked on the TinyCOBOL project, but I have been 
working on a couple of routines for CB4G for a few months.
My "day job" is COBOL developer.  The work I have been
doing for CB4G has been valuable to me in a number of ways.
It has made me more comfortable programming in C, which I
don't otherwise do very often.  It has been a good exercise
in the "extreme programming" style of testing, and it has 
given me the satisfaction of working on what is 
potentially a very stable and reliable product due to the 
emphasis on test cases to the emphasis on conforming with 
international COBOL standards.

Steven Ellis


Keisuke Nishida wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm interested in working on an open-source COBOL compiler.
> I've found two projects, TinyCOBOL and COBOL for GCC, and am
> wondering which project I should contribute.
> 
> It seems that TinyCOBOL is more active than COBOL for GCC,
> but I think the latter's approach (i.e., writing a GCC
> frontend) is preferable to the other (i.e., writing a full
> compiler).
> 
> So, my questions are:
> 
>   Is there any relationship between these projects?
>   Are these projects going to be integrated in any future?
>   How easy is it to get COBOL for GCC ready for practical use?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
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> Keisuke Nishida
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