Re: COBOL compiler

[Elizabeth Barham <lizzy@soggytrousers.net>]

Alex writes:

> I've, unfortunately, been forced into taking a COBOL class as a
> requirement for getting my BS. (And that's just what it is, a load
> of BS...) What's worse is that I can't seem to find any Free COBOL
> tools.  'apt-cache search cobol' returns 3 hits, all of which are
> documentation utilities. Any suggestions? Or am I going to be stuck
> using school PC's loaded with Windows and more proprietary software
> than you can shake a warez-kiddie at?

Whilst looking for one I knew about in the early 90's I found this:

    http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/cobol.shtml

and this has a debian package:

         http://tiny-cobol.sourceforge.net/snapshots.html

hth, Elizabeth