From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 6 11:32:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA13217 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:32:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (root@elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA13202 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 11:32:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from ponds.dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA09405; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:33:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA25697; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:49:49 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) id OAA02971; Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:35:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 14:35:04 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199801061935.OAA02971@lakes.dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Subject: Re: COBOL Language for FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Josef Grosch writes > > On Tue, Jan 06, 1998 at 02:16:14PM +0000, Thierry CROS wrote: > > Hello > > I am a new user of Free BSD and I look for a Cobol Compiler. Is there > > any one available for FreeBSD 2.2.2 ? > > Thanks > > > > Currently there is no COBOL compiler available for FreeBSD or Linux. The > GNU people are pretty hostile to the idea and Microfocus dosen't even know > we exist. > > > Sorry > > Josef > I've been considering doing something about this myself. Does anyone think there would be any interest in a COBOL product on FreeBSD/Linux? If so, would you pay for it? If you wouldn't pay for it, would you contribute to the development in other ways (library development, testing, etc...)? - Dave Rivers -