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   Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Monday, 28-Apr-2025 12:25:45 JST Elias Mårtenson

   • COBOLworx @ Symas

   GCC now supports COBOL. I find this to be unreasonably exciting. @cobolworx

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     Janne Moren (jannem@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:29:49 JST Janne Moren

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     • COBOLworx @ Symas

     @loke @cobolworx
     That is a good feature (didn't Rexx have something similar?)

     It also encourages you to write things in a very linear, clear and unambiguous way, without clever hacks. Which is exactly what you want when you're large amounts of other people's money.

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:29:50 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     • COBOLworx @ Symas

     @jannem @cobolworx If you use it for the things it's good at, it's not bad.

     I kinda like using the SCREEN stuff (which I don't believe is supported in GCC yet, but it works in GnuCOBOL).

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     Janne Moren (jannem@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:29:51 JST Janne Moren

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     @loke @cobolworx
     If you see it as a precursor or alternative to excel it's really not a bad language.

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     Marco Dalla Stella (mdallastella@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:01 JST Marco Dalla Stella

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     @loke no way, COBOL is an abomination.

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:03 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     • Marco Dalla Stella

     @mdallastella Will you be using gcc cobol?

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     Marco Dalla Stella (mdallastella@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:04 JST Marco Dalla Stella

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     @loke Believe it or not, I worked about 10 years in Cobol. 😅

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     Marco Dalla Stella (mdallastella@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:11 JST Marco Dalla Stella

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     • (roll m3tti)

     @m3tti I think you should, it makes you appreciate anything else. 😊

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     (roll m3tti) (m3tti@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:12 JST (roll m3tti)

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     • Marco Dalla Stella

     @loke @mdallastella i've seen some cobol but i have never written some on my own.

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     Elias Mårtenson (loke@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:13 JST Elias Mårtenson

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     • Marco Dalla Stella

     @mdallastella Were you working on mainframes?

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     Marco Dalla Stella (mdallastella@functional.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 16:30:25 JST Marco Dalla Stella

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     @loke unfortunately, no, I was working with something called Acucobol then acquired by Microfocus. Basically cobol was byte-compiled for a VM, similar to JVM.
     We used it for (drum roll) accountants software on windows, with windows UI.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 20:09:59 JST clacke

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     • (roll m3tti)
     @m3tti @mdallastella @loke I did some COBOL trouble-shooting on my Work-Life Orientation internship week when I was 15. 😊