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Subject: Re: FW: COBOL Language for FreeBSD
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Goeringer, Michael wrote:

> > > Currently there is no COBOL compiler available for FreeBSD or Linux. 
> > The
> > > GNU people are pretty hostile to the idea and Microfocus dosen't even 
> > know
> > > we exist. 

There is a COBOL compiler for Linux, and a COBOL interpreter as well.
I'm not sure but I wouldnt be surprised if ACUCOBOL runs on FreeBSD 
natively, they boast 600 platforms.

http://www.acucobol.com/Products/ACUCOBOL-85/
http://www.deskware.com/cobol/

These links were taken from http://www.fokus.gmd.de/linux/

Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@mhv.net)
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