Cobol

Expression evaluator using Interpreter Pattern
Hi, I've create a new design pattern example using OO Cobol that I would like to share with you. This new example shows how to create an arithmetic expression evaluator, so the application using it can evaluate a formula such as: ((a + b) ^(c / d)) * e or a + b + c * (d - e) There some limitations due... 24 May 2010 14:33

Dialect humour was Re: OT: foreign workers
On Fri, 21 May 2010 12:01:16 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: In article <827b6832-87af-49bb-a32f-16bc42e53f1c(a)v37g2000vbv.googlegroups.com>, Alistair Maclean <alistair.j.l.maclean(a)googlemail.com> wrote: On May 19, 3:48?pm, Howard Brazee <how...(a)brazee.net> wrote: This article doesn't separate o... 24 May 2010 11:12

How to Move Cheaply Out of COBOL
By Dorothy Ramienski Internet Editor Federal News Radio Many federal agencies are using machines that are running software developed 25 to 35 years ago, and they're still going strong. These machines are using the COmmon Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) to get things done. Invented in 1959 by Naval ... 8 Jun 2010 22:47

On to Other Stuff (was Re: Natural for zOS)
On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:42:26 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: Ignoring, for the nonce, the Accepted Wisdom of 'for illegal aliens even the worst day Over Here is better than the best day Back Home' perhaps the best disincentive is economic: get caught hiring illegals for work, lose your license to... 18 May 2010 13:39

z/Linux legal on Hercules wasRe: Natural for zOS
On 17 May 2010 09:19:57 -0000, Kulin Remailer <remailer(a)reece.net.au> wrote: The whole thing gets murkier. Hercules can legally be used to run z/Linux or any of the public domain versions of MVS and VM. IBM seems to be unwilling to license z/OS to run on emulated (Intel) hardware and there was quit... 17 May 2010 15:45

Natural for zOS
Hi! How are you? Can you guys help me? I've a zOS+Hercules setup installed in my notebook but I want install natural (softwareag) too. Do you know where can I find the disks? Do you know if the new NaturalOne can be linked with zOS? If yes, can you share the configuration with me, please? Thanks ... 24 May 2010 13:27

Barcode on Mainframe
Hi everyone, a customer asked, if there is a possibiliy to generate barcodes on a mainframe with pl/1 or cobol. I noticed a thread here in 2004 but it didn't come to an end. Does anyone have an idea? Regards Jessica (Germany) ... 15 May 2010 21:21

Cobol JNI
Hi, I would to share (this time without registration) a little example of how to integrate OO Cobol and Java thru JNI. http://www.100coolthings.net Cheers, Emerson ... 6 May 2010 05:15

very OT: Joy of music WAS: Re: cannot build opencobol-1.1 under cygwin
In article <83s4tjFv3oU1(a)mid.individual.net>, Pete Dashwood <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: docdwarf(a)panix.com wrote: [snip] I gave up playing decades on back (Guild F-112, Martin Silk-and-Steel strings) when I realised that I didn't have the drive to be Leo Kottke or the madness to ... 1 May 2010 12:01

Argument against ESQL in applications WAS: Re: COBOL - no longer being taught - is a problem
Howard Brazee wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:09:39 +1200, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: I have a feeling that a new generation of RDBMS is "around the corner" and they will be driven by LINQ or LINQ-like syntax. (It is more "generic" than SQL and definitely more logical... 28 Apr 2010 05:02