"Robert" <rjones0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> blackwolf wrote:
>> Hello,
>> an information, i want to learn cobol but i don't know where i can find
>> the
>> interpreter for windows, can you help me please
>
> I suggest you purchase Thane Hubbell's book "Sam's Teach Yourself COBOL
> in 24 Hours", which should be available at Amazon and other internet
> book shops. It includes a free Fujitsu COBOL compiler that is a
> student edition with limitations on deployment and program size, but is
> nevertheless very good value.
>
> As far as I know there are no interpreters for COBOL, programs are, I
> think, always compiled, though many have debugging facilities to allow
> you to step through code one instruction at a time.
>
> If you are working for a company already using COBOL, then you could
> ask them for manuals or download them yourself from the suppliers's
> websites. A copy of the ISO/ANSI COBOL 1985 standard can be downloaded
> from NCITS (formerly ANSI) for $18 with the two amendment modules
> included. It is a good idea to learn to write programs that comply
> with the standards, rather than use the vendor's extensions, where that
> can be reasonably avoided. Though there is a 2002 standard, no
> implementors have yet provided a fully compliant compiler, though
> several have implemented parts of it.
>
> Bill Klein's FAQ is highly recommended despite not having been revised
> for a few years. It can be found via comp.lang.cobol.
>
> Robert
Many thank's Robert.
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