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Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 07:37:05 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: COBOL port
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On Sun, Aug 31, 1997 at 12:04:33PM +0000, Michael G. wrote:
> I've never ported any software yet...but there is  a freeware COBOL
> compiler for DOS... can a DOS app be ported?

Anything can be ported with enough effort if you have the source
code.  Do you?

Greg