From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 11:08:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F271016A4B3 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:08:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.tampabay.rr.com [65.32.1.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE11D43F85 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:08:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tbstep@tampabay.rr.com) Received: from 2416459hfc31.tampabay.rr.com (2416459hfc31.tampabay.rr.com [24.164.59.31])h8KI8f9u027673 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:08:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Todd Stephens To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:03:46 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.3 X-Setup: KDE 3.1.3/FreeBSD 4.8R MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309201403.46230.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> Subject: Question on which port is better for COBOL X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 18:08:44 -0000 I have a need to do some COBOL programming at home where I run FreeBSD 4.8. I see the ports collection has two options for COBOL compilers: tinyCobol and openCobol. The tinyCobol port has a higher version number than openCobol, leading me to believe it is more mature, but this is not always the case. Has anyone any experience with either (or preferably both)? Which one is preferred by users out there? Thank you for any assistance. -- Todd Stephens ICQ# 3150790 "A witty saying proves nothing." -Voltaire