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Subject: Re: COBOL?!#@?
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 09:37:00 EST
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/* Written 10:29 am  Nov  2, 1987 by lawitzke@eecae.UUCP in inmet:comp.sys.ibm.pc */
/* ---------- "COBOL?!#@?" ---------- */
Does anyone know of a PD, shareware, or inexpensive COBOL compiler
for an IBM PC/XT under MS-DOS? I am in the process of learning COBOL and
it would make the process alot easier if I could run COBOL at home.

Failing being able to find an inexpensive one, could anyone recommend
any COBOL for the IBM PC? (I might convince my money man that COBOL has
an engineering application ;-)
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Well, I can recommend Microsoft COBOL as being about as good as COBOL gets.
I've written a couple of meg of code in the thing (not hard...), and it
is pretty pleasant to work with. It is also marvelous for file-based ISAM
applications, although I don't know about number-crunching speed.

*However*, it is awfully expensive ($600 the last I checked, and that was
a while ago). If you really want this to be done in COBOL, though, go for it.

				-- Justin du Coeur