RE: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL compiler

[William M. K. <wm...@ix...>]

Writing as much of the run-time in COBOL as possible

A) allows COBOL programmers (your "users") to participate in the development

B) Shows where "optimization" may be useful

C) provides an EXCELLENT ongoing "test suite"

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NOTE: The MERANT (Micro Focus) compiler (actually "checker") is still
written in COBOL.

If you do NOT think it is a "good" language for such development, I question
(a little) why you think the project should be done at all.  COBOL *has
become* a "general purpose" language - not just a business language.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cob...@li...
> [mailto:cob...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Keisuke Nishida
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 5:16 PM
> To: Tim Josling
> Cc: cob...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Cobolforgcc-devel] COBOL compiler
>
>
> At Sat, 26 May 2001 07:29:55 +1000,
> Tim Josling wrote:
> >
> > TC is being written in C, but CB4G will have much of the runtime
> > written in COBOL, using the core compiler subset.
>
> Why do you need to write the runtime in COBOL?
> Isn't C a better language to write?
>
> > One approach is to ask for a task from one project and then do
> > it. In free software projects generally there are more talkers
> > than coders but there are enough coders to get a lot done. Even a
> > small contribution is more help than you think!
>
> Could you tell me a brief summary of what should be done next?
> I am a C programmer and about starting hacking GCC.
>
> Thanks,
> Keisuke Nishida
>
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