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From: ntm1458@dsacg3.UUCP (John Darby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.lang.misc,dla.general
Subject: Re: COBOL compiler for UNIX
Message-ID: <628@dsacg3.UUCP>
Date: 29 Jan 88 15:50:37 GMT
References: <1673@auspyr.UUCP>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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in article <1673@auspyr.UUCP>, jal@auspyr.UUCP (Joe Longo) says:
> John M. Ritter (jmr@motown.Allied.COM) writes:
> 	"I've been trying to find a COBOL compiler for about 2 years to run
> 	on AT&T System V. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to bee (sic)
> 	such a thing."
> ACECOBOL runs on a long list of machines, including 
> 	AT&T 3B's, VAX/Ultrix, Gould Powernode, Pyramid, Edge, 
> 	Xenix 286, Xenix 386, NCR Tower, IBM 9370/IX370,
> 	etc.. 
> If you like, you can call me direct with your COBOL questions.
> My number of (408) 279 5303. Ask for Joe Longo, VP Technical Services.
> ...!amdahl!aussjo!jal, jal@auspyr.UUCP	        austec - rmc
We have a Gould 9050 runing UTX/32 4.3BSD with some System V.  We have
ACECOBOL.  We also have UNIFY.
Our situation is:
ACECOBOL only works under SYSTEM V.
UNIFY works under 4.3 BSD.
ACECOBOL does not work with UNIFY.
All of our routines for UNIFY are therefore presently being written in
C.
We have a large number of COBOL programmers who use our IBM mainframe
and use COBOL to access the TIS database there.
These COBOL programmers and others want to port some smaller
applications to UNIX.(GOULD) We presently cannot do this.
Noone uses ACECOBOL presently because of these drawbacks.
My personal impression is that our organization is not pleased with
ACECOBOL and the various problems we have encountered.
-- 
John T. Darby, (DLA Systems Automation Center, DSAC-TMM, P.O. Box 1605
Columbus, OH, ntm1458, 614 238-9174)
UUCP: {...cbosgd!osu-cis}!dsacg1!jdarby
Any opinions expressed are my own, not those of my employer.