Talk:GnuCOBOL

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This page should not be merged. Cobol is one of the most used programming languages in the world. OpenCobol is the only notable ACTIVE FOSS Cobol compiler. It is being used around the world, a quick review of the OpenCobol site will provide examples. I am sure more comenters can do so here as well.

I don't think this article fails the general notability guideline. Also, it is open source so everyone can look verify things that it claims it is. With a few quick google searches, I have not found anything that conflicts with the article. Raysonho (talk) 04:26, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Release 3.2 is a disaster area. 2600:1700:25DD:3C10:C455:16D7:852E:5E5E (talk) 23:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

gnucobol vs. gcc cobol : Does this article need to reference the fact that gnucobol is distinct from the COBOL support found in newer version of gcc? I think there is some confusion between the two which could be clarified with a note here and a link to the main GNU_Compiler_Collection page?

1.1 release candidate passes over 9,000 of the tests included in the NIST COBOL 85 test suite

i bet this it fat troll — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr Vano (talk • contribs) 07:38, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

I guess you've not checked the cited sources then?

In any case you can just download the old 1.1 or last release tarball (3.1.2) and run it on your own (according to the cited source "make checkall" does everything for you"), then get the results in "summary.log".

McShark (talk) McShark (talk) 22:19, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

How can it pass NIST tests when the source packages don't compile "as is"? Typographical errors abound. Headers call functions that are never defined. 2600:1700:25DD:3C10:C455:16D7:852E:5E5E (talk) 23:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)