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It's Sunday, my dad was a COBOL programmer, sure I'll spend 15 minutes checking it out. The main site link on GitHub is a 404 though [0]. The "getting started"
by owyn 4y ago
It's Sunday, my dad was a COBOL programmer, sure I'll spend 15 minutes checking it out. The main site link on GitHub is a 404 though [0]. The "getting started" link in the README points to a release notes page and do you have to scroll down to find a PDF [1]. That said, the intro does start with VSCode and a plugin which provides language server support for COBOL (and PL/1!) and a CLI tool (Zowe [2]) for interaction with a Z/OS mainframe. This does seem like a pretty modern and up to date intro. Cool.
I do think this could benefit from someone making a nice "modern language" landing page for it. I remember an April fools joke from 20 years ago promoting COBOL as the hot new web language, maybe it's finally time :)
[0] https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-co...
[1] https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course/releases/download/2.3.0/COBOL-Programming-Course-1-Getting-Started.pdf https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-co...
[2] https://docs.zowe.org/stable/web_help/index.html https://docs.zowe.org/stable/web_help/index.html
- dmitriid 4y ago> I remember an April fools joke from 20 years ago promoting COBOL as the hot new web language, maybe it's finally time Cobol on Wheelchair https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair Cobol on Cogs http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM
- Wuzado 4y agoSomewhat amusing piece of trivia: the author of Cobol on Wheelchair is currently a Polish MP.