COBOL

A business-oriented language known for its use in financial and administrative systems.

Resources & Links

📖 Documentation & Wikis

COBOL Wikipedia entry

The Wikipedia page for COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language), providing a detailed history, evolution, and technical overview of this legacy programming language, which was designed for business, finance, and administrative systems.

Documentation for IBM COBOL for Linux on x86 1.2

Official documentation for IBM’s COBOL for Linux on x86, which provides resources and guides to help developers build, debug, and deploy COBOL applications on Linux systems. This resource covers installation, configuration, programming tips, and best practices for running COBOL applications on Linux environments.

💻 Tools & Compilers

GNU COBOL

An open-source COBOL compiler, formerly known as OpenCOBOL, which provides a robust platform for compiling and running COBOL programs on various operating systems, including Linux and Windows. It aims to bring COBOL to modern systems while maintaining compatibility with existing COBOL programs.

IBM COBOL Compiler Family

A suite of COBOL compilers offered by IBM, designed to enable high-performance COBOL applications on IBM mainframe and distributed environments. It includes features for integrating COBOL with modern technologies, ensuring scalability and reliability for mission-critical systems.

Rocket Visual COBOL

A development solution for building and modernizing COBOL applications. It enables developers to work with COBOL in modern integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio and Eclipse.

📚 Learning & Educational Resources

Gnu COBOL Programmer’s Guide

A comprehensive, easy-to-navigate online reference for GnuCOBOL, the open-source COBOL compiler. This documentation provides detailed information on GnuCOBOL's syntax, features, and functions, along with practical examples and usage guides for developers.