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Experts on Open Source COBOL compilers: development, maintenance, and commercial technical support.
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The #GCC project just forked the GCC 15.1 Release Candidate yesterday wiith GCC #COBOL included. The final release preparation for formal Release is proceding nicely.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Super article on #COBOL and domain specific languages in general. We support the message. Mentions both #gnucobol and #dcc-cobol hackaday.com/2025/04/16/p...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Just checked #GitHub. #doge and #elonmusk haven't uploaded the US Social Security #SSA code base yet! So Sad. t’s NOT proprietary! The Open Source volunteers are as deserving a shot at helping as #xAI, no?

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

We’re pretty excited. The feedback from #GCC is that 15 is super close to being ready to put in the can. Of course there’s all that documentation and publicity stuff to do then but days/weeks. ai-pfm.us/cobolworx/ho...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Was just wondering what the life expectancy of a Web app is before it gets a new language, or framework, or theming. How would it compare to the say 40+ years of most #COBOL apps. Kind of a question about life-cycle cost per line of new and changed "code".

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Debunking #COBOL is an Outdated Language: substack.com/home/post/p-...

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Nasty hit-piece. Still looking for the evidence it is the #COBOL #mainframe and not the Web front-end: t.co/vyDFFv979I

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

I've always wanted to learn #COBOL but have zero professional reasons and no extra time for it. But I definitely wouldn't blast out ignorant comments about a programming language I don't understand.

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Now this is exciting #COBOL news! Data Streaming support for #COBOL. Designed to let COBOL process streaming data rather in addition to traditional Batch and Transaction processing models. The announcement on HackerNoon: hackernoon.com/announcing-t...

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

For an introduction, our backstory on our Substack: martyh.substack.com/p/cobolworx-...

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments