Re: "New Cobol compiler written in Cobol" from a BCIS Major Student

Paul I think you are misunderstanding the purpose of COBOL (Common Business
Oriented Programming Language). COBOL's purpose is not to make to make
compilers or other complicated programs that are typically made by
Computer Science Majors. COBOL is used to make business applications that
handle a company's accounting/financial information. COBOL is expensive
because it is meant to be purchased by corporations who want their
accounting/financial information customized to their needs.

I think it would be a great idea for a company to make an affordable
Enterprise Edition of COBOL at about the cost of Visual Studio .NET and a
slightly limited version at about the cost of Visual Basic .NET Standard
that leverages on the technology of Visual Studio .Net.

Every Business Computer Information System major (commonly referred to as
CIS) is trained apply business logic in COBOL. We are also trained in
Visual Basic .NET, but we are not trained to apply business logic in this
proprietary language.

I believe that by providing an affordable COBOL complier that can meet
very tough demands on easy of use, reliability and functionality will help
CIS entrepreneurs meet the demand of small (15 to 100 employees) to medium
( up to 1,000 employees) sized businesses better than Visual Basic .Net.
Please note that a customized business application for a small to medium
sized business will cost a pretty penny and that the compiler must be
comparable to Visual Basic .Net Professional (in Visual Studio .NET). I
also believe that Microsoft Windows will be the dominant platform for the
foreseeable future which means that this compiler should work flawlessly
on Windows (in business we tend to stick with very proven and supported
technologies i.e. COBOL, Windows).