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==Links==
==Links==
====USENET====
* [news:comp.lang.cobol comp.lang.cobol] - Still alive (mostly) - Go to the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.lang.cobol Google groups version] if you are newsgroup challenged.
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.cobol alt.cobol] - By now a dead duck, however during the 90´s a better information resource on COBOL than the traditional comp.lang.cobol group, and since google has most posting of the group archived and searchable, it is a great information resource for those working with older COBOL tools.
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.cobol alt.cobol] - By now a dead duck, however during the 90´s a better information resource on COBOL than the traditional comp.lang.cobol group, and since google has most posting of the group archived and searchable, it is a great information resource for those working with older COBOL tools.
==Standards==
==Standards==

Revision as of 02:46, 26 December 2014

Business application language designed at the behest of the USA Department of Defence in the 1950's.

A list of OS/2 implementations of COBOL

IBM
  • 1988: COBOL/2 1.0
Micro Focus
  • 1991: Micro Focus COBOL/2
Microsoft

Libraries and bindings

A list of DOS implementations of COBOL

IBM
  • 1982: COBOL Compiler Version 1.0
  • 1987: COBOL Compiler Version 2.0
Micro Focus
  • 1985: Professional COBOL


Ryan-McFarland
  • 1987: RM COBOL 85

A list of COBOL implementations that run under WinOS/2

A list of COBOL implementations that run under Java

A list of COBOL implementations in JavaScript

Publications

Local articles

Tutorials and other learning material

Links

USENET

  • comp.lang.cobol - Still alive (mostly) - Go to the Google groups version if you are newsgroup challenged.
  • alt.cobol - By now a dead duck, however during the 90´s a better information resource on COBOL than the traditional comp.lang.cobol group, and since google has most posting of the group archived and searchable, it is a great information resource for those working with older COBOL tools.

Standards