Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Re: Tiny Cobol

[Rildo P. <rpr...@ac...>]

Hi Andrew,

On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Andrew Cameron wrote:

> I am cc'ing this reply to the list so that the others can also give you
> some input if they so desire.
> 
> Our first target it to implement the full COBOL 74 Standard. After this we
> will implement Cobol 85 Followed by Cobol 2000.

Bravo! I like to see someone optimistic here :)
Even if we have a very long way to cruise...
 
> Our Plan was to make it a GNU Cobol Compiler until we discovered that one
> was in progress and had been for quite a long time.

Yes, but nothing prevent us from a merge with the other projects. Tim
Josling could be preparing our next parser/scanner version  and we release
our tiny beta compiler when it's ready to use.
 
> Please join our cobol mailing list tin...@so... and
> take part in our project. The more people we have the better. The web page
> is http://tiny-cobol.sourceforge.net

I would like to see RMS as a subscriber. Oh, I wanted :)

> To become a developer create yourself a username on
> http://www.sourceforge.net and send an e-mail to the list asking that your
> username be given developer status.

Oh no, Andrew. I don't think he is going to help us. Anyway, you have
caught the attention :)

> You will then have access to the latest Source code etc.

:)   What can I say?

>  On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Richard Stallman wrote:
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It's hard to believe, indeed.

> > Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 00:33:34 -0700 (MST)
> > From: Richard Stallman <rm...@gn...>
> > To: an...@an...
> > Subject: Re: Tiny Cobol
> > 
> > Hooray, finally!  We have had Cobol on the task list for about a decade.
> > 
> > How much of Cobol does it handle, now?  Are you hoping to handle the
> > whole Cobol language eventually?
> > 
> > What kind of language does this compiler convert the Cobol into?
> > 
> > Do you think you might be interested in making this a GNU package?
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Of course. Yeeeeeees! 

You are doing a great job as a public relations.  
The job's yours, Andrew :)

regards,
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