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Date:      Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:29:08 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Ryan.Gamo@sce.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: COBOL
Message-ID:  <20000602162908.A16359@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <OFD25C90B8.B684EF9E-ON882568F2.005ED039@sce.com>; from "Ryan.Gamo@sce.com" on Fri Jun  2 10:20:15 GMT 2000
References:  <OFD25C90B8.B684EF9E-ON882568F2.005ED039@sce.com>

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In the last episode (Jun 02), Ryan.Gamo@sce.com said:
> Is there something out there that will let me run COBOL programs under
> FreeBSD? Preferably a free software package. I run version 3.3 and found
> nothing under ports.

The best you're likely to get is running Merant (formerly MicroFocus)
COBOL under Linux Emulation.
 
> Why COBOL? Ease of creation, maintenance, etc... and the ability to
> process data repetitively and accurately. I plan on making HTML
> reports with it.

Ever hear of Perl?

:)

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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