[Cobolforgcc-devel] Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Common COBOL library
Status: Pre-Alpha
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From: <bur...@ya...> - 2002-09-30 12:10:26
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Hi I would think this would be ideal for alot of users, myself I am trying to convert hp3000 cobol programs to tc , which has worked, where I have hit a wall is converting the db calls to work with MYsql, I will have to start using perl/php/c++ to write some wrappers, to gain more acceptance of the package it would be so useful to have these libraries to hand , other than that the conversion has worked fine, I have had to work on some post 85 functions which are not available on the tc but apart from that it works great. Peter Burgess --- Bernard Giroud <bg...@fr...> wrote: > Hi all, > > Good news and bad ones! > On the good news front, I'm very pleased of the > final > ratification of COBOL 2002 by the ISO. > On the bad ones, we (Opensource Cobol compiler > projects developers) have still a long way to go, > just to implement the 85/89 standard. > > I think it is about time to try to work a little > more > together, following the tracks of David Essex and > Keisuke Nishida. > > So many things need still to be done (not in any > order), > like : > - other file support systems (Inodb, RMS, ...) > - decent sort library and interface > - Sql preprocessor for ODBC and MySQL > - COBOL prettyprinter (like indent for C) > - integration into GDB, DDD and IDE's > ... > > So I propose the following (I think Tim did agree > on the principle): design a common libcob, and > if necessary, migrate the corresponding compilers. > > Just to start the discussion, I see two main > approaches: > either take an existing one, "donate" it to the > cobol > project, and upgrade to the specs, > or just start from scratch again. > > No surprise, I'm in favour of the first; but which > one? > Well, it might depend on the specs we adopt. > So I think the best start is the specs for: > - the way the cobol field is accessed from the > routine > - a descriptor for a cobol field > - a descriptor for a cobol file > > Just to start the ball rolling, I will send this > message > to the compilers mailing list, but I think the > discussion > should be carried on in the cobol-util ML. > > First of all, Keisuke, what was the reason behind > having a descriptor with two pointers, one for > the attr desc and the other for the data, except > economy of paramters for the routines and > possible factorisation of field_desc ? > > Hoping to concentrate forces ... > > Bernard Giroud > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Tin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tiny-cobol-users __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com |