COBOL is not particularly popular on Linux but there are compilers available. One of these is open-cobol. First step is to check if it's installed on your system: it probably isn't.

Whereis cobc; which cobc cobc: If like my system it is not installed you can install it with sudo apt-get install open-cobol And to check its installed whereis cobc; which cobc cobc: /usr/bin/cobc /usr/bin/X11/cobc /usr/share/man/man1/cobc.1.gz /usr/bin/cobc Now lets write our first program with any text editor. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. *> simple hello world program PROCEDURE DIVISION. DISPLAY 'Hello world!'

Hey everybody, I'm wondering if you fine folk have a suggestion for a decent COBOL Compiler that will work with Windows 7? I was using MicroFocus before and I had installed it when I was running Vista. Then I did an upgrade installation to Windows 7 RC and everything was still running smoothly.

#include #include #include #include void main(){ int x1=200,y1=200,x2=250,y2=250,x3=180,y3=270,option; int gdriver = DETECT,gmode; initgraph(&gdriver,&gmode,”C: TC BGI”); do{ cleardevice(); gotoxy(1,1); line(x1,y1,x2,y2); line(x2,y2,x3,y3); line(x3,y3,x1,y1); cout>option; switch(option){ case 1: float tx,ty; cout>tx>>ty; x1+=tx;x2+=tx;x3+=tx; y1+=ty;y2+=ty;y3+=ty; break; case 2: float sx,sy. Problem Definition: Write a program to implement 2-D Transformations viz., (a) Translation (b) Rotation (c) Scaling for an Object. 2d composite transformation program in computer graphics using c.

An iconic figure of the early history of computing, is the grandmother of the. Of her many claims to fame, she invented the first compiler and helped spread the adoption of machine-independent programming languages. Today her legacy lives on in many ways, including the. While Hopper contributions to computing are remembered, celebrated, and built upon by her successors, COBOL itself is often dismissed as a relic of earlier era of computing. To a certain extent, that is true. Most of the COBOL being written today is for maintaining legacy code, not starting new projects. However, the language is still being updated with being the most recent standard for the language, and there are still plenty of opportunities to.

Thankfully, using COBOL in modern times does not require tracking down legacy hardware. There are several tools available that make using COBOL on modern computers as straightforward as using other programming languages. Below, I take a look at three open source projects that help you code, compile, and use COBOL on a Mac, Linux, or Windows computer. So grab a book on COBOL programming, (if you need one, by Michael Coughlan is an excellent choice), and start exploring the world of COBOL. No punch cards required. GnuCOBOL (formerly known as OpenCOBOL) is a modern, open source, COBOL compiler. It works by translating COBOL code into C and compiling the code using GCC.

While the project does not claim standards compliance, it passes most of the tests in the COBOL 85 test suite from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Other compilers might be more standards compliant or contain the same quirks as their historical antecedents, but GnuCOBOL is the compiler used by the other two projects I cover below. To install GnuCOBOL on Fedora: sudo dnf install open-cobol Installing under most other Linux distributions and other UNIX-style systems is just as simple. For Debian-based distributions, just replace 'dnf' with 'apt-get'. Mac users can use homebrew to install GnuCOBOL. Installing on Windows is a little more complicated, but for those interested in trying GnuCOBOL on Windows.

To compile source code in a file name 'PROGRAM.cob' into an executable file run: cobc -x PROGRAM.cob There are many other compilation options, which are listed when running 'cobc -h'. The is very extensive and provides a large amount of information about using GnuCOBOL. OpenCobolIDE You can write COBOL using the text editor of your choice, but integrated development environments make life easier. Is a specialized IDE designed for working with COBOL. It provides code completion, code folding, syntax highlighting, and a navigation tree, all of which aid in working with COBOL code. It also has a wide variety of color schemes, both light and dark, so most users should be able to find a theme they are comfortable with using.