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From: wmm@sdti.UUCP (William M. Miller)
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Subject: Re: COBOL?!#@?
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Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 11:44:43 EST
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In article <3626@eecae.UUCP> lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (John Lawitzke) writes:
>Does anyone know of a PD, shareware, or inexpensive COBOL compiler
>for an IBM PC/XT under MS-DOS? 

The least expensive one of which I am aware is "Utah COBOL" from Ellis
Computing, (702) 827-3030; $69.95.  I have no idea of the quality.  Other
COBOL compilers which seem to be fairly highly regarded are from Microsoft,
Ryan-McFarland, and Realia, but those are all multi-hundred dollar jobs.
It seems to me that I remember a comparative review of COBOL implementations
on the PC perhaps 6 months or a year ago in BYTE or Computer Language; if
you have access to back issues, you might check there.
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