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Is there a COBOL for Apple Mac?
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| Lueko Willms 2004-12-10, 8:55 am |
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Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
computer.
I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
Yours,
Lüko Willms http://www.willms-edv.de
/--------- L.WILLMS@jpberlin.de -- Alle Rechte vorbehalten --
Eine einzige Seele war für seinen Leib zu wenig, er hätte zwoen zu tun genug geben können. -G.C.Lichtenberg
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| Joe Zitzelberger 2004-12-10, 3:55 pm |
| In article <9McVvq3PflB@jpberlin-l.willms.jpberlin.de>,
l.willms@jpberlin.de (Lueko Willms) wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
> a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
> computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
>
The GCCCobol and/or OpenCobol could be built for Mac OS X easily. But
last time I checked, they were both in early early early alpha stage.
Once they are integrated with the standard GCC tree, there will be a
Cobol for mac.
TinyCobol builds and runs on OS X the last time I tried, but it only has
an Intel back-end.
Kobol, from the Kompany, keeps promising a Mac OS X version 'soon' on
it's web page, but it has been two years in vaporware state.
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| Joe Zitzelberger 2004-12-10, 3:55 pm |
| In article <9McVvq3PflB@jpberlin-l.willms.jpberlin.de>,
l.willms@jpberlin.de (Lueko Willms) wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
> a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
> computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
>
Oh, yea, you used to be able to run IBMs AIX on early PowerPCs and the
Apples A/UX for M68k machines. I think both of those had Cobol
compilers available.
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| James J. Gavan 2004-12-10, 3:55 pm |
| Lueko Willms wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
>a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
>computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
>
>
I would have to delve back through the book 'COBOL Unleashed' but there
*was* a COBOL compiler specifically produced for the 'old' Apple
machines - produced either by Liant(Ryan McFarland) or Micro Focus - but
can't remember which. I don't think it ever 'took off'.
Jimmy
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>Yours,
>Lüko Willms http://www.willms-edv.de
>/--------- L.WILLMS@jpberlin.de -- Alle Rechte vorbehalten --
>
>Eine einzige Seele war für seinen Leib zu wenig, er hätte zwoen zu tun genug geben können. -G.C.Lichtenberg
>
>
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| clvrmnky 2004-12-10, 8:55 pm |
| On 10/12/2004 2:35 AM, Lueko Willms wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
> a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
> computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
If you use OS X, the Fink project has a version of OpenCOBOL available.
It's a few release back, however. I've tried compiling the latest on
10.3 with no luck. The source or build requires patching on OS X to
build cleanly, and I never dug that deep into it.
I'm allergic to Mac OS 7/8/9, so can't help you with that.
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| David Essex 2004-12-11, 3:55 am |
| Joe Zitzelberger wrote:
> ...
> The GCCCobol and/or OpenCobol could be built for Mac OS X easily.
> But last time I checked, they were both in early alpha
> stage.
> Once they are integrated with the standard GCC tree, there will
> be a COBOL for Mac.
By GCCCobol, I think you are referring to GNU COBOL, which used a an old
version (0.12 I think) of the OpenCOBOL LEX/YACC front end and run-time.
AFAIK, no further development is planned for GNU COBOL.
OpenCOBOL (1) generates C code, so in theory it is platform independent.
It does require the helper libraries, ncurses, GMP and BDB. But these
should be available for the Mac OS X.
It does pass the NIST tests for COBOL 85 compatibility, so it is fairly
functional.
So OpenCOBOL should be able to compile COBOL programs on Mac OS X.
> TinyCOBOL builds and runs on OS X the last time I tried, but it
> only has an Intel back-end.
TinyCOBOL generates GNU assembler (ATT style), then uses GCC to create
an executable.
1) OpenCOBOL
hppt://open-cobol.sf.net/
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| James J. Gavan 2004-12-13, 3:55 pm |
| Lueko Willms wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
>a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
>computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
>
>
I would have to delve back through the book 'COBOL Unleashed' but there
*was* a COBOL compiler specifically produced for the 'old' Apple
machines - produced either by Liant(Ryan McFarland) or Micro Focus - but
can't remember which. I don't think it ever 'took off'.
Jimmy
>
>Yours,
>Lüko Willms http://www.willms-edv.de
>/--------- L.WILLMS@jpberlin.de -- Alle Rechte vorbehalten --
>
>Eine einzige Seele war für seinen Leib zu wenig, er hätte zwoen zu tun genug geben können. -G.C.Lichtenberg
>
>
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| clvrmnky 2004-12-13, 3:55 pm |
| On 10/12/2004 2:35 AM, Lueko Willms wrote:
> Just out of curiosity I would like to know if there is or ever was
> a COBOL compiler and/or development system for Apple's Macintosh
> computer.
>
> I doubt it, but others will know more than I do.
If you use OS X, the Fink project has a version of OpenCOBOL available.
It's a few release back, however. I've tried compiling the latest on
10.3 with no luck. The source or build requires patching on OS X to
build cleanly, and I never dug that deep into it.
I'm allergic to Mac OS 7/8/9, so can't help you with that.
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| David Essex 2004-12-13, 3:56 pm |
| Joe Zitzelberger wrote:
> ...
> The GCCCobol and/or OpenCobol could be built for Mac OS X easily.
> But last time I checked, they were both in early alpha
> stage.
> Once they are integrated with the standard GCC tree, there will
> be a COBOL for Mac.
By GCCCobol, I think you are referring to GNU COBOL, which used a an old
version (0.12 I think) of the OpenCOBOL LEX/YACC front end and run-time.
AFAIK, no further development is planned for GNU COBOL.
OpenCOBOL (1) generates C code, so in theory it is platform independent.
It does require the helper libraries, ncurses, GMP and BDB. But these
should be available for the Mac OS X.
It does pass the NIST tests for COBOL 85 compatibility, so it is fairly
functional.
So OpenCOBOL should be able to compile COBOL programs on Mac OS X.
> TinyCOBOL builds and runs on OS X the last time I tried, but it
> only has an Intel back-end.
TinyCOBOL generates GNU assembler (ATT style), then uses GCC to create
an executable.
1) OpenCOBOL
hppt://open-cobol.sf.net/
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| David Essex 2004-12-18, 12:46 pm |
| Joe Zitzelberger wrote:
> ...
> The GCCCobol and/or OpenCobol could be built for Mac OS X easily.
> But last time I checked, they were both in early alpha
> stage.
> Once they are integrated with the standard GCC tree, there will
> be a COBOL for Mac.
By GCCCobol, I think you are referring to GNU COBOL, which used a an old
version (0.12 I think) of the OpenCOBOL LEX/YACC front end and run-time.
AFAIK, no further development is planned for GNU COBOL.
OpenCOBOL (1) generates C code, so in theory it is platform independent.
It does require the helper libraries, ncurses, GMP and BDB. But these
should be available for the Mac OS X.
It does pass the NIST tests for COBOL 85 compatibility, so it is fairly
functional.
So OpenCOBOL should be able to compile COBOL programs on Mac OS X.
> TinyCOBOL builds and runs on OS X the last time I tried, but it
> only has an Intel back-end.
TinyCOBOL generates GNU assembler (ATT style), then uses GCC to create
an executable.
1) OpenCOBOL
hppt://open-cobol.sf.net/
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